Leibniz, Mysticism and Religion
Some scholars in the history of ideas have had a growing interest in examining Leibniz's many discussions ofvarious aspects of religion, Christian, Jewish and far eastern. Leibniz, with his voracious interest and concern for so many aspects of human intel
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ARCHIVES INTERNATIONALES D'HISTOIRE DES IDEES INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE HISTORY OF IDEAS
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LEIBNIZ, MYSTICISM AND RELIGION edited by
ALLISON P. COUDERT, RICHARD H. POPKIN and GORDON M. WEINER
Founding Directors: P. Dibon t (Paris) and R.H. Popkin (Washington University, St. Louis & UCLA) Director: Sarah Hutton (The University of Hertfordshire, Uni ted Kingdom) Associate Directors: lE. Force (Lexington); lC. Laursen (Riverside) Editorial Board: J.F. Battail (Paris); F. Duchesneau (Montreal); A. Gabbey (New York); T. Gregory (Rome); J.D. North (Groningen); MJ. Petry (Rotterdam); J. Popkin (Lexington); G.A.J. Rogers (Keele); Th. Verbeek (Utrecht) Advisory Editorial Board: J. Aubin (Paris); B. Copenhaver (Los Angeles); A. Crombie (Oxford); H. Gadamer (Heidelberg); H. Gouhier (Paris); K. Hanada (Hokkaido University); W. Kirsop (Melbourne); P.O. Kristeller (Columbia University); E. Labrousse (Paris); A. Lossky (Los Angeles); J. Malarczyk (Lublin); J. Orcibal (Paris); W. Röd (München); G. Rousseau (Los Angeles); H. Rowen (Rutgers University, NJ.); J.P. Schobinger (Zürich); J. Tans (Groningen)
LEIBNIZ, MYSTICISM AND RELIGION Edited by
ALLISON P. COUDERT Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.
RICHARD H. POPKIN University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
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GORDON M. WEINER Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, U.s.A .
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ISBN 978-90-481-5088-5 ISBN 978-94-015-9052-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-015-9052-5
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
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1. Some Occult Influences on Leibniz's Monadology Stuart Brown 2. Leibniz and Mysticism Donald Rutherford
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3. Leibniz and the Kabbalah Allison P. Coudert
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4. Leibniz, Benzelius, and Swedenborg: The Kabbalistic Roots of Swedish Illuminism Marcia Keith Scuchard
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5. Leibniz on Enthusiasm 107
Daniel J. Cook
6. Leibniz and Chinese Thought
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Yuen-Ting Lai 7. Leibniz as a Lutheran Ursula Goldenbaum
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Index
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INTRODUCTION
Some scholars in the history of ideas have had a growing interest in examining Leibniz's many discussions ofvarious aspects of religion, Christian, Jewish and far eastern. Leibniz, with his voracious interest and concern for so many aspects of human intellectual and spiritual life, read a wide variety of books on the various religions of mankind. He also was in personal contact with many of those who espoused orthodox and non-orthodox views. He annotated his copies of many books on religious subjects.
