Philosophical Essays
Assigned by 1 of the 9 reading lists, catalogue entry only
- Written
- 1686-1716
- Form
- Treatise
- Language
- French
- Length
- Medium · 370 pp120 to 300 pages
- Difficulty
- Difficult4 of 5 for a first-year reader
We recommendPhilosophical Essays, translated by Roger Ariew and Daniel GarberHackett, 1989The anthology most programs mean by this title; the Discourse, the correspondence with Arnauld, the Monadology and the key papers on force and freedom.
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A selection of Leibniz's philosophical writings from the mid 1680s to his death, as gathered in the Ariew and Garber anthology used by St. John's College. Leibniz never wrote a single systematic book, and his philosophy has to be reconstructed from short essays, letters and summaries. The collection includes the Discourse on Metaphysics, the correspondence with Arnauld, papers on the nature of body and force, essays on freedom and contingency, the Principles of Nature and Grace, and the Monadology.
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The catalogue entry above is complete: the dates, the form, the themes and every program that assigns Philosophical Essays are verified against each program's published list.
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