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Edited with an Introduction by Austin Farrer- Fellow of Trinity College- Oxford- Translated by E.M. Huggard from C.J. Gerhardt¿s Edition of the Collected Philosophical Works 1875-90 ... Read more

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The impact of the work of German mathematician GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ (1646-1716) on modern science and technology is all but incalculable. His notation for infinitesimal calculus-which he developed independently of Newton-remains in use today, and his invention of binary counting is the basis for modern computing. He was a powerfully influential philosopher as well, and is still considered, alongside Descartes and Spinoza, one of the great 17th-century rationalists.Because much of Leibniz's thinking in the realm of the sciences flowed from his philosophy, understanding how he approached the natural world and humanity's place in it is vital to understanding his contributions to modern science. This edition collects two of Leibniz's foundational works, "Discourse on Metaphysics" and "The Monadology," which expound on concepts of philosophical "optimism"-that we live in the best of all possible worlds-and consequently features Leibniz's thoughts on the nature of physical matter.This classic work will intrigue all students of science and philosophy. ... Read more

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Step-son enjoys many different subjects. He is majoring in math and music composition. He liked this book very much. ... Read more

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A brilliant mathematical physicist, Leibniz strove to place science on religious foundations, outlining an active, organic and spiritual world composed of free individual substances harmoniously working out God's purposes. In doing so this major rationalist philosopher revolutionized logic, proposed notions too startling to publish, and laid bare scientific assumptions that many of us still possess. ... Read more

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A selection of philosophical texts by Leibniz.
This book is a collection of various texts by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716). Leibniz was a first-class mathematician, and also a first-class philosopher. In mathematics, in parallel with and independentlyof Newton, he developed infinitesimal calculus, the indispensableinstrument of modern science. In philosophy, he published, in 1710, inFrench, one chief work: "Essay on Theodicy, the Goodness of God, Man'sFreedom and the Origin of Evil". The most important of hisphilosophical works were published at various times after his death: theDiscourse on Metaphysics was published in 1846, and most of his esoterictexts on metaphysical issues were published in as late as 1903 (L.Couturat, Opuscules et fragments inedits de Leibniz) and 1948 (G. Grua, G.W. Leibniz, Textes inedits). Leibniz wrote scarcely, if at all, in hisnative languague, German. He preferred to write in Latin or French. Thisvolume contains selections, in translation, from many of his chief works,including some outstanding texts from the 1903 Couturat edition. Theseinclude a text on "Necessary and Contingent Truths" and "ALetter on Freedom". Leibniz distinguished truths (statements) intonecessary, i.e., mathematical or logical truths, and contingent orexistential truths. Those truths are necessary whose opposite isself-contradictory, i.e., impossible. On the other hand, contingent truthsare those whose opposite is not self-contradictory, and therefore possible.Examples of necessary truths are given from arithmetic, while examples ofexistential truths are "that I am now alive, that the sun isshining". Leibniz develops, based on this distinction, a superbmetaphysical theory on the structure of causation and of the freedom of thewill. The importance of these excerpts can hardly be overemphasized, andfor these texts alone the book should be worth possessing. This volume alsocontains excerpts from better known texts by Leibniz, such as TheMonadology, The Discourse on Metaphysics, and Leibniz's correspondence withArnauld and with Clarke. Leibniz is a superb and original thinker inphilosophy, as he is in science and in mathematics. His style is crisp anddry, not lofty and poetical as is the style of his contemporary B. Spinoza.The great metaphysical questions (free will, predestination, God and man)are attacked mercilessly and unto their ultimate logical conlusions.Leibniz's full awareness of the scientific achievements of his epoch, makeshim a thoroughly modern thinker, up to this present time. ... Read more

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Leibniz's political and ethical writing long has been neglected, and with this new edition Professor Riley makes available the most representative pieces from Leibniz's political theory.This new edition, specially prepared for this series, is the first to make a considerable number of Leibniz's writings available in English, and includes three previously unpublished manuscripts, a selection of political letters, an introduction, notes, and a critical biography. ... Read more

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Patrick Riley takes Leibniz to a new Level.As a student of Riley I learned first hand what this book was all about.Exploration of Leibniz both as a philosopher and as a jurisprude were taken into acount in this anthology.This is an excelent companion to his book "Leibniz' Universal Jurisprudence: Justice As the Charity of the Wise."The previously unpublished (and untraslated) works present in this anthology show Leibniz's reaction to rationalist and theological determinism, as well as complement Leibniz's own Theodecy.This is a must buy for anyone who wants to Learn about Leibniz's philosophy, or just read it for fun ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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1908. Comprising The Monadology, New System of Nature, Principles of Nature and of Grace, Letters to Clarke, Refutation of Spinoza, and his other important philosophical opuscules, together with the Abridgment of the Theodicy and extracts from the New Essays on Human Understanding.Translated from the original Latin and French.With notes by George Martin Duncan. ... Read more

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Ruthlessly rational thinking.
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a par excellence rational thinker, i.e., one who accomplished his intellectual pursuits primarily by means of logically rigorous argumentation rather than by intuition. (It could be argued thatboth Descartes and Spinoza allowed themselves to be moved by feeling morethan Leibniz ever did, in fact, Spinoza himself conceptualized this verytendency and named it the "third kind of knowledge" or the"intuitive knowledge of God" - cognitio Dei intuitiva). Theoutcome of this ruthlessly logical conception of the world is Leibniz's"Monadology". I believe it will serve best to focus on the mainmetaphysical thesis of this great work, by referring to the views, not of aprofessional philosopher but of a 20th century eminent man of science, thephysicist Erwin Schroedinger (1887-1961, Nobel Prize for Physics, 1933).Schroedinger, in his book: "Mind and Matter" (CambridgeUniversity Press, 1958) writes (Chapter 4: "The arithmtical paradox:the oneness of mind):

"The reason why our sentient, percipientand thinking ego is met nowhere within our scientific world picture caneasily be indicated in seven words: because it is itself that worldpicture. It is identical with the whole and therefore cannot be containedin it as part of it. But of course here we knock agaist the arithmeticalparadox; there appears to be a great multitude of these conscious egos, theworld however is only one. ...There are two ways out of the numberparadox, both appearing rather lunatic from the point of view of presentscientific thought (based on ancient Greek thought and thus thoroughly"Western"). One way out is the multiplication of the world inLeibniz's fearful doctrine of monads: every monad to be a world in itself,no communication between them; the monad "has no windows", it is"incommunicado". That none the less they all agree with eachother is called "pre-established harmony". I think there are fewto whom this suggestion appeals, nay who would consider it as a mitigationalone of the numerical antinomy. There is obviously only onealternative, namely the unification of the minds or consciousness. Theirmultiplicity is only apparent, in truth there is only one mind".Weobserve that, both Leibniz and Schroedinger, in this juxtaposition ofviews, help us towards an awareness of the ultimate limits of the knowable. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Leibniz's essay on government ... Read more