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   What is Leibniz's discourse on metaphysics?

   • The Discourse on Metaphysics, written around January 1686, is one of Leibniz’s fundamental works, since it is the most accomplished systematic expression of Leibniz’s philosophy in the 1680s, the time when Leibniz’s philosophy reached maturity. The point of the Discourse is to give a metaphysics for Christianity.

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   What does 6 mean in the discourse on metaphysics?

   • In §6 the Discourse on Metaphysics, however, we learn that this means that God chooses the world that is simplest in hypotheses (or laws) and richest in phenomena. Thus, while one might be tempted to see natural laws as derivative of the actual properties and perceptions of individual substances, in fact they are objects of God's choice.

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   What are the themes of the discourse?

   • The themes of this Discourse—the glory of God and the manifestation of his justice, his mercy and his perfections generally, and finally the immense profundity of riches that enraptured the soul of St. Paul—all come down to that in the end. 32. I have to add only that the thoughts I have just been explaining—and in particular the great principle of

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   What is Leibniz's modal metaphysics?

   • 1. Individuals and Worlds In order to explain Leibniz's modal metaphysics—the metaphysics of necessity, contingency, and possibility—we must look first at the foundation of Leibniz's system more generally: his conception of an individual substance. In §8 of the Discourse on Metaphysics, Leibniz presents his classic picture, writing:

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   The Discourse on Metaphysics (French: Discours de métaphysique, 1686) is a short treatise by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in which he develops a philosophy concerning physical substance, motion and resistance of bodies, and God's role within the universe. It is one of the few texts presenting in a consistent form the earlier philosophy of Leibniz.

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   Discourse on Metaphysics G. W. Leibniz Sections 1–13 1. The most widely accepted and sharpest notion of God that we have can be expressed like this: God is an absolutely perfect being; but though this is widely accepted, its consequences haven’t been well enough thought out. As a start on exploring

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   Feb 13, 2020 · Abstract. The Discourse on Metaphysics, written around January 1686, is one of Leibniz’s fundamental works, since it is the most accomplished systematic expression of Leibniz’s philosophy in the 1680s, the time when Leibniz’s philosophy reached maturity. The point of the Discourse is to give a metaphysics for Christianity.

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   Jul 25, 2019 · Discourse on Metaphysics (1908) by Gottfried Leibniz, translated by George Redington Montgomery. →. information about this edition. sister projects: Wikipedia article, quotes, Wikidata item. Discours de métaphysique (1686) GP iv 427-463. METAPHYSICS. I. Concerning the divine perfection and that God does everything in the most desirable way.

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   Thus contingent truths can in principle be known from all time, but necessarily not by a human being (see, for example, “On Freedom”). Leibniz writes: “Instead of wondering about what you cannot know and what can tell you nothing, act according to your duty, which you do know” (Discourse on Metaphysics, §30). (It should be pointed out ...

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   May 23, 2008 · In order to explain Leibniz's modal metaphysics—the metaphysics of necessity, contingency, and possibility—we must look first at the foundation of Leibniz's system more generally: his conception of an individual substance. In §8 of the Discourse on Metaphysics, Leibniz presents his classic picture, writing:

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    One of the most important philosophical works of the seventeenth century, Leibniz's Discourse on Metaphysics brings together key parts of his system: God's perfections, individual substances, the relation of substances to each other, physical laws, the nature of minds and material bodies, innate ideas and the degrees of knowledge, free will and ...