G.W. Leibniz: Philosophical Texts
Leibniz, Gottfried. Philosophical Texts. Trans. Richard Francks, and R.S. Woolhouse. New York: Oxford University Press. 1998. (ISBN: 0-19-875153)
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Importance: Critical
Remarks
This is one of the most important texts in my collection. It should be required reading for all students of Philosophy. In his various treatises and correspondences, Leibniz introduces and defends his metaphysics of mind-body correspondence.Texts Printed in this Edition
- Discourse on Metaphysics (1686)
- Correspondence with Arnauld (1686-1690)
- Reflections on the Advancement of True Metaphysics and particularly on the Nature of Substance Explained by Force (1694)
- New System of the Nature of Substances and their Communication, and of the Union which Exists between the Soul and the Body (1695)
- Specimen Dynamicum: An Essay in Dynamics
- Reply of M.S.F. to M. de L.B.Z. on his New System of the Communication between Substances (1695)
- Remarks on M. Foucher's Objections (1695)
- [First] Explanation of the New System of the Communication between Substances, in Reply to what was Said of it in the Journal for 12 September 1695 (1696)
- Extract from a Letter Written by M. Leibniz about his Philosophical Hypothesis (1696) ('Third Explanation of the New System')
- Note H to Bayle's Dictionary Article 'Rorarius' (1697)
- Leibniz's Comments on Note H to Bayle's Dictionary Article 'Rorarius' (1705?)
- A Letter . . . to the Editor, Containing and Explanation of the Difficulties which M. Bayle Found with the New System of the Union of the Soul and Body (1698)
- Nature Itself; or, The Inherent Force and Activity of Created Things--Confirming and Illustrating the Author's Dynamics (1698)
- Note L to Bayle's Dictionary Article 'Rorarius' (1702)
- Leibniz' Comments on Note L to Bayle's Dictionary Article 'Rorarius' (1705?)
- Reply to the Comments in the Second Edition of M. Bayle's Critical Dictionary, in the Article 'Rorarius', concerning the System of Pre-established Harmony (1702; published 1716)
- Draft Letters from Leibniz to Bayle (December 1702)
- Principles of Nature and Grace, based on Reason (1714)
- Monadology (1714)
