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The Young Leibniz and his Philosophy (1646–76)

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  1. Stuart Brown

    1. The Open University, UK

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Leibniz’s Formative Years (1646–76): An Overview

    • Stuart Brown
    Pages 1-18

  3. The Young Leibniz and his Teachers

    • Christia Mercer
    Pages 19-40

  4. Immeatio and Emperichoresis. The Theological Roots of Harmony in Bisterfeld and Leibniz

    • Maria Rosa Antognazza
    Pages 41-64

  5. Deus Sive Harmonia Universalis Est Ultima Ratio Rerum: The Conception of God in Leibniz’s Early Philosophy

    • Konrad Moll
    Pages 65-78

  6. Transubstantiation, Physics and Philosophy at the Time of the Catholic Demonstrations

    • Ursula Goldenbaum
    Pages 79-102

  7. The Young Leibniz and the Problem of Historical Truth

    • Daniel Cook
    Pages 103-122

  8. Mathematics and Nature in Leibniz’s Early Philosophy

    • Philip Beeley
    Pages 123-145

  9. Leibniz and Ethics: The Years 1669–72

    • Francesco Piro
    Pages 147-167

  10. Leibniz and Millenarianism

    • Howard Hotson
    Pages 169-198

  11. Sufficient Reason and Human Freedom in the Confessio Philosophi

    • G. H. R. Parkinson
    Pages 199-222

  12. Atoms, Minds and Vortices in De Summa Rerum: Leibniz vis-à-vis Hobbes and Spinoza

    • Catherine Wilson
    Pages 223-243

  13. Leibniz, Spinoza and Tschirnhaus: Multiple Worlds, Possible Worlds

    • Mark A. Kulstad
    Pages 245-262

  14. The Proto-Monadology of the De Summa Rerum

    • Stuart Brown
    Pages 263-287

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 289-314
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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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  • The Open University, UK

    Stuart Brown

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