Philosophical Papers and Letters
The selections contained in these volumes from the papers and letters of Leibniz are intended to serve the student in two ways: first, by providing a more adequate and balanced conception of the full range and penetration of Leibniz's creative intellectua
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PHILOSOPHICAL PAPERS AND LETTERS
The New Synthese Historical Library Texts and Studies in the History of Philosophy VOLUME 2
Managing Editor: SIMO KNUUTIILA, University of Helsinki
Associate Editors: DANIEL ELLIOT GARBER, University of Chicago RICHARD SORABJI, University of London
Editorial Consultants: JAN A. AERTSEN, Free University, Amsterdam ROGER
ARIEw, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
E. JENNIFER ASHWORTH, University of Waterloo MICHAEL AYERS, Wadham College, Oxford GAIL FINE, Cornell University R. J. HANKINSON, University of Texas JAAKKO HINTIKKA, Boston University, Finnish Academy PAUL HOFFMAN, University of California, Riverside DAVID KONSTAN, Brown University RICHARD H. KRAUT, University of Illinois, Chicago ALAIN DE LIBERA, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne JOHN E. MURDOCH, Harvard University DAVID FATE NORTON, McGill University LUCA OBERTELLO, Universita degli Studi di Genova ELEONORE STUMP, St. Louis University ALLEN WOOD, Cornell University
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ
PHILOSOPHICAL PAPERS AND LETTERS A Selection Translated and Edited, with an Introduction by
LEROY E. LOEMKER
SECOND EDITION
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS DORDRECHT ! BOSTON ! LONDON
ISBN-13: 978-90-277-0693-5 DOl: 10.1007/978-94-0 I 0-1426-7
e-ISBN-13: 978-94-010-1426-7
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First edition: 1956 by Chicago University Press, Chicago Second edition: 1969 by D. Reidel Publishing Co., Dordrecht Second edition/second print: 1989 by Kluwer Academic Publishers printed Oil acidfi'ec paper
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To Priscilla
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION The selections contained in these volumes from the papers and letters of Leibniz are intended to serve the student in two ways: first, by providing a more adequate and balanced conception of the full range and penetration of Leibniz's creative intellectual powers; second, by inviting a fresher approach to his intellectual growth and a clearer perception of the internal strains in his thinking, through a chronological arrangement. Much confusion has arisen in the past through a neglect of the development of Leibniz's ideas, and Couturat's impressive plea, in his edition of the Opuscu/e
