Discourse on Metaphysics and other Writings (1686)

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-55481-011-6
Verlag: Broadview Press Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 242 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 355 g

Reihe: Broadview Editions

This is an edition of what are arguably Leibniz's three most important presentations of his metaphysical system: the Discourse on Metaphysics, from 1686, and The Principles of Nature and of Grace and The Monadology, from 1714. Based on the Latta and Montgomery translations and revised by the editor, these texts set out the essentials of Leibniz's mature metaphysical views.

This edition includes an introductory essay and a set of appendices of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century texts, which help illuminate and contextualize Leibniz's ideas. Among these are extensive passages from Leibniz's Theodicy, many of which are cited in The Monadology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm

Loptson, Peter

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Loptson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Guelph. He is the author of Reality: Fundamental Topics in Metaphysics (University of Ottawa Press) and Theories of Human Nature (Broadview Press).