Monadology: An Edition for Students
For teaching Leibniz - a philosopher as difficult as he is important - this is as good a work as we are ever likely to get. It gives good guidance throughout.' - Robert E. Butts, University of Western Ontario
For teaching Leibniz - a philosopher as difficult as he is important - this is as good a work as we are ever likely to get. It gives good guidance throughout.' - Robert E. Butts, University of Western Ontario
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ISBN:
9780415072847 (0415072840)
Edition language: English
So that's what monads are! Leibniz is one of the best thinkers I have ever come across and he's a very clear writer. This book makes me think of the line, "besides that Mrs. Lincoln how did you like the play". Because, if you can get past the "best possible of all worlds", the necessary and absol...
I don't buy Leibniz's brand of occasionalism, philosophical optimism, or even his assuredness that there is an infinite, necessarily existing simple substance he calls 'God.' But I found his arguments to be, for the most part, cogent, and his no nonsense, nearly mathematical form of composition to e...
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