ENGLISH

Leibniz's 'New System' and Associated Contemporary Texts

By R. S. Woolhouse , Richard Francks (editors and translators)

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
1997
ISBN
0198248466, 9780198248460
LCC
B2589 .L45 1997
Open Library ID
OL995016M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
877 kB (897582 bytes)
Pages
201\201
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

This volume gathers together for the first time are all the key texts in a crucial debate in modern philosophy, centered on Leibniz's famous 1695 essay, the "New System of the Nature of Substances and their Communication," in which he introduced his strikingly original theory of metaphysics. His "system" became increasingly famous and drew him into discussion and development of these ideas, both in public and in private, with a variety of thinkers, most notably the great French philosopher Pierre Bayle. Woolhouse's and Francks's new English edition gives the only full representation of this debate, and will therefore be essential reading for anyone who wishes to gain a proper understanding of Leibniz's philosophy and its intellectual context. All the texts are newly translated and extensively annotated; many appear in English for the first time.

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