The philosophical works of Leibnitz ...

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The philosophical works of Leibnitz ...

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tr. from the original Latin and French ; with notes by George Martin Duncan

Creator

• Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716
• Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716
• Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716

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• EBSCOhost
• Duncan, George Martin, 1857-

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• EBSCOhost

Subject

• Philosophy
• Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716
• Philosophy, Modern -- 18th century
• Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716
• Philosophy, Modern -- 17th century
• Electronic resources
• Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716
• Philosophy, Modern -- 18th century
• Philosophy
• Philosophy, Modern -- 17th century

Language

• eng
• mul
• eng

Summary

"This translation of the more important philosophical works of Leibnitz furnishes much needed assistance to all teachers of philosophy and its history, in this country or in England. Until recently no collection, at once complete and trustworthy, of the writings of this great and versatile thinker has ever been made. The magnificent edition of Gerhardt has now rendered it possible for the translator to select, from all the recorded philosophical utterances of Leibnitz (including his voluminous and elaborate letters), those portions which will give the most satisfactory survey of his system of thinking. The selections of the present volume appear judicious; they are sufficient to afford a tolerably comprehensive and circumstantial account of this system. It is not, however, to teachers of philosophy alone that I commend this volume. The interests and scholarship of Leibnitz were unexampled as respects range and variety. He was eminent in mathematics, physical science, languages, history, theology, philosophy, and belles-lettres. Even his more definitely philosophical writings are framed in accordance with this varied eminence. They therefore contain much which appeals to any person who is inclined at all to approach the problems of philosophy, from whatever point of view. Their style is free from certain characteristics which lovers of good literature often find repulsive in works of more definitely pedagogical, or systematic and technical, character. Indeed, the principal tenets of Leibnitz are all to be discovered, at least in their inchoate form, in his interesting and instructive letters to various notable persons of his day"--Introduction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)

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contains biographical information

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DcWaAPA

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no index present

LC call number

B2558

LC item number

.D8 1890

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non fiction

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• dictionaries
• bibliography

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