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  1. Aug 1, 2006 · The philosophical works of Leibnitz : comprising the Monadology, New system of nature, Principles of nature and of grace, Letters to Clarke, Refutation of Spinoza, and his other important philosophical opuscules, together with the Abridgment of the Theodicy and extracts from the New essays on human understanding : translated from the original ...

  2. Dec 22, 2007 · Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) was one of the great thinkers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and is known as the last “universal genius”. He made deep and important contributions to the fields of metaphysics, epistemology, logic, philosophy of religion, as well as mathematics, physics, geology, jurisprudence, and history.

  3. A polymath and one of the founders of calculus, Leibniz is best known philosophically for his metaphysical idealism; his theory that reality is composed of spiritual, non-interacting “monads,” and his oft-ridiculed thesis that we live in the best of all possible worlds.

  4. Date: : 1873. Book/Printed Material. New essays concerning human understanding, "The work ... consists of a translation of the entire fifth volume of Gerhardt's Die philosophischen Schriften von G. W. Leibniz, sub-entitled 'Leibniz und Locke,' consisting of an introduction by Gerhardt, several...

  5. This volume contains introductory essays on eleven of Leibniz's key philosophical writings, covering youthful works ("Confessio philosophi", "De summa rerum"), seminal middle-period writings ("Discourse on Metaphysics", "New system"), to masterpieces of his maturity ("Monadology", "Discourse on the Natural Theology of the Chinese"), as well as h...

  6. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz [a] (1 July 1646 [ O.S. 21 June] – 14 November 1716) was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist and diplomat who invented calculus in addition to many other branches of mathematics and statistics.

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  8. Jan 26, 2024 · Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) was a German polymath who became well-known across Europe for his work, particularly in the fields of science, mathematics, and philosophy.

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