The shorter Leibniz texts
The shorter Leibniz texts: a collection of new translations
[edited and translated by] Lloyd Strickland
Publisher: London ; Continuum, 2006.
ISBN: 0826489516
DDC: 193
LCC: B2558
Edition: (pbk.)
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I.Metaphysics --A.Creation --1.On first truths --2.On the reason why
these things exist rather than other things --3.On the ultimate
origination of things --4.Letter to Johann Christian Schulenburg
--5.Letter to Andre Morell --B.Truth and substance --1.On the perfect
concept of substances --2.The principle of human knowledge
--3.Remarks on Mr. Arnauld's letter concerning my proposition: that
the individual concept of each person contains once and for all
everything that will ever happen to him --4.Letter to Antoine Arnauld
--5.Logical-metaphysical principles --6.On body and substance truly
one --7.Letter to Pierre Dangicourt --II.Mind, body and soul
--A.Souls and their nature --1.Difficulties concerning the nature and
origin of souls --2.Souls are either created every day or are coeval
with the world --3.On the creation of souls and the origin of minds
--4.On the souls of men and beasts --B.The relationship between soul
and body --1.On the system of occasional causes --2.New system of the
nature of the communication of substances, as well as the union that
exists between the soul and the body --3.Clarification of the 'new
system of the communication of substances' --C.The fate of souls
--1.Letter to Electress Sophie --2.Letter to Electress Sophie
--III.Free will and necessity --A.The nature of free will --1.On free
will --2.On freedom and spontaneity --3.Conversation about freedom
and fate --B.Contingency and necessity --1.Middle knowledge --2.On
freedom from necessity in choosing --3.A note on freedom and
necessity --4.On contingency --5.Notes on Pierre Bayle's Reply to the
Questions from a Provincial --IV.Science --A.Matter and body -- 1.A
demonstration against atoms taken from the contact of atoms --
2.Whether the essence of body consists in extension --3.Letter to
Johann Bernoulli --4.Letter to Burcher de Volder --5.Letter to Thomas
Burnett --6.Letter to Burcher de Volder --B.The laws of nature --1.On
a general principle useful in explaining the laws of nature through a
consideration of the divine wisdom --2.Letter to Pierre Bayle
--3.Letter to Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle --C.Biology --1.On the
origin of fossils --2.Protogaea (selections) --3.Letter from G. W.
Leibniz --V.Law and ethics --A.Law --1.Preface to the Diplomatic Code
of People's Rights --2.On the death penalty --3.Expiation --B.Virtue
--1.On generosity --2.Letter to Electress Sophie --3.Definitions
--4.The true piety --C.Pleasure and happiness --1.On the happy life
--2.Happiness --3.A dialogue --VI.Theology --A.The existence of God
--1.On the reality of truth --2.On necessary or eternal truths --3.A
proof of the existence of God from his essence --4.Letter to the
editor of the Journal de Trevoux --B.Optimism and meliorism --1.The
elements of true piety --2.On the continuous increase in the
perfection of the world --3.Whether the world increases in perfection
--4.Letter to Andre Morell --5.Letter to Louis Bourguet --6.Letter to
Louis Bourguet --7.Letter to Louis Bourguet --8.Letter to Louis
Bourguet --C.Sin and evil --1.On sin and original sin --2.Can the bad
outcomes of wicked actions be ascribed to wickedness? --3.Letter to
Isaac Jacquelot --4.Letter to Louis Bourguet.
Click on a subject to see other books listed with the same
subject or to drill down into components of the subject -- such as
geographical locations, dates and so on.
We query many merchants so that you can instantly
compare prices and
availability. You can even check historic prices and subscribe
for notifications. For a manual check, clicking on a link will open a
new window with a search for this book on the merchant's site of your
choice.
