The Yale Leibniz: The Labyrinth of the Continuum Writings on the Continuum Problem 1672-1686
by Leibniz GW; Richard TW. Arthur/ Translator
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- 0300079117
- ISBN 13
- 9780300079111
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New Haven CT: Yale University Press, 2001. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover in burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering to front panel and spine, as issued w/out dj. Short inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. This book gathers together for the first time an important body of texts written between 1672 and 1686 by the great German philosopher and polymath Gottfried Leibniz. These writings, most of them previously untranslated, represent Leibniz's sustained attempt on a problem whose solution was crucial to the development of his thought, that of the composition of the continuum. The volume begins with excerpts from Leibniz's Paris writings, in which he tackles such problems as whether the infinite division of matter entails "perfect points," whether matter and space can be regarded as true wholes, whether motion is truly continuous, and the nature of body and substance. Comprising the second section is Pacidius Philalethi, Leibniz's brilliant dialogue of late 1676 on the problem of the continuity of motion. In the selections of the final section, from his Hanover writings of 1677–1686, Leibniz abandons his earlier transcreationism and atomism in favor of the theory of corporeal substance, where the reality of body and motion is founded in substantial form or force. Leibniz's texts (one in French, the rest in Latin) are presented with facing-page English translations, together with an introduction, notes, appendixes containing related excerpts from earlier works by Leibniz and his predecessors, and a valuable glossary detailing important terms and their translations. Record # 384007
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- Title
- The Yale Leibniz: The Labyrinth of the Continuum Writings on the Continuum Problem 1672-1686
- Author
- Leibniz GW; Richard TW. Arthur/ Translator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0300079117
- ISBN 13
- 9780300079111
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven CT
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- Religion & Philosophy, Philosophy, , .
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