Discourse on Metaphysics and Other Writings : Discourse on Metaphysics, the Principlese of Nature and of Grace, the Monadology

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von; Loptson, Peter (EDT); Latta, Robert (TRN); Montgomery, George R. (TRN)

ISBN 10: 1554810116 / ISBN 13: 9781554810116

Edité par Broadview Press, 2012

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• Titre: Discourse on Metaphysics and Other Writings : Discourse on Metaphysics, the Principlese of Nature and of Grace, the Monadology
• Éditeur: Broadview Press
• Date de parution: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1554810116
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781554810116
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

The essentials of Leibniz’s metaphysical system are presented in this teaching edition containing Discourse on Metaphysics, The Principles of Nature and of Grace, the Monadology, and excerpts from Theodicy.|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. The 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.

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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).