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Despite the importance of Leibniz's mature philosophy, his early work has been relatively neglected. This collection begins with an overview of his formative years and includes 12 original papers by internationally-known scholars. The contributions reflect the wide range of the young Leibniz's philosophical interests and his interests in related subjects, including law, physics and theology. Some chapters explore his relationship to other philosophers, including his teachers in Leipzig and Jena and his Paris friend Tschirnhaus, as well as Hobbes and Spinoza. Others focus on particular periods or texts and deal with themes ranging from ethics and free-will to his philosophically-significant account of transubstantiation and his early monadology. Some of the topics are familiar to Leibniz students - harmony, sufficient reason and possible worlds, for instance - but others are less familiar - for instance, his attitude to historical truth, millenarianism and the relation of mathematics to the natural world. The book provides an introduction to Leibniz's early philosophy and throws light on the development of some of the doctrines with which he is particularly associated.

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Author:   Stuart Brown
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2000
Volume:   166
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.510kg
ISBN:  

9789048153329

ISBN 10:   9048153328
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   04 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Leibniz’s formative years (1646–76): an overview.- The young Leibniz and his teachers.- Immeatio and emperichoresis. The theological roots of harmony in Bisterfeld and Leibniz.- Deus sive harmonia universalis est ultima ratio rerum: the conception of God in Leibniz’s early philosophy.- Transubstantiation, physics and philosophy at the time of the Catholic Demonstrations.- The young Leibniz and the problem of historical truth.- Mathematics and nature in Leibniz’s early philosophy.- Leibniz and ethics: the years 1669–72.- Leibniz and millenarianism.- Sufficient reason and human freedom in the Confessio Philosophi.- Atoms, minds and vortices in De Summa Rerum: Leibniz vis-à-vis Hobbes and Spinoza.- Leibniz, Spinoza, and Tschirnhaus: multiple worlds, possible worlds.- The proto-monadology of the De Summa Rerum.- A bibliography of the Young Leibniz and his background.

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