(P/B) THE SHORTER LEIBNIZ TEXTS

Παρουσίαση

This volume contains more than 60 original translations of papers written by the German philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716). As well as contributing to Leibniz scholarship, it is intended to function as an introductory text for students.

Περιεχόμενα

Part I. Metaphysics
A. Creation
1. On first truths (1680)
2. On the reason why these things exist rather than other things (1689)
3. On the ultimate origination of things (1697)
4. Letter to Johann Christian Schulenburg (1698)
5. Letter to Andre Morell (1698)
B. Truth and Substance
1. On the perfect concept of substances (1677?)
2. The principle of human knowledge (1685/1686?)
3. Remarks on Mr Arnauld's letter concerning my proposition: that the individual concept of each person includes once and for all everything that will ever happen to him (1686)
4. Letter to Antoine Arnauld (1686)
5. Logical-metaphysical principles (1689?)
6. On body and substance truly one (1690)
7. Letter to Pierre Dangicourt (1716)
Part II: Mind, Body and Soul
A. Souls and their nature
1. Difficulties concerning the nature and origin of souls (1683 - 1684/1685)
2. Souls are either created every day or are coeval with the world (1683 - 1684/1685)
3. On the creation of souls and the origin of minds (1683 - 1684/1685)
4. On the souls of men and beasts (1710)
B. The relationship between soul and body
1. On the system of occasional causes (1689 - 1690?)
2. New system of the nature of the communication of substances, as well as the union that exists between the soul and the body (1695)
3. Explanation of New System (1696)
C. The fate of souls
1. Letter to Electress Sophie (1696)
2. Letter to Electress Sophie (1706)
Part III. Free Will and Necessity
A. The nature of free will
1. On free will (1678 - 1680/1?)
2. On freedom and spontaneity (after 1690)
3. Conversation about freedom and fate (1699 - 1703)
B. Contingency and necessity
1. Middle knowledge (1677)
2. On freedom from necessity in choosing (1680 - 1684)
3. A note on freedom and necessity (1680-4)
4. On contingency (spring - autumn 1689)
5. Notes on Pierre Bayle's Reply to the Questions from a Provincial (1706)
Part IV: Science
A. Matter and body
1. Demonstration against atoms taken from the contact of atoms (23-4 October 1690)
2. Whether the essence of body consists in extension (18 June 1691)
3. Letter to Johann Bernoulli (August - September 1698)
4. Letter to Thomas Burnett (1699)
5-6. Letters to Burcher de Volder (1699-1704)
B. The laws of nature
1. On a general principle useful in explaining the laws of nature through a consideration of the divine wisdom (1687)
2. Letter to Pierre Bayle (1702)
3. Letter to Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1703)
C. Biology
1. On the origin of fossils (1680s)
2. Protogaea (selections) (1690-1)
3. Letter from G. W. Leibniz (1710)
Part V. Law and Ethics
A. Law
1. Preface to the Diplomatic Code of People's Rights (1693)
2. On the death penalty (1697)
3. Expiation (1707-10)
B. Virtue
1. On generosity (1686-7)
2. Letter to Electress Sophie (1697)
3. Definitions (1701-5?)
4. The true piety (1710?)
C. Pleasure and happiness
1. On the happy life (1676)
2. Happiness (1694-8)
3. A dialogue (after 1695?)
VI. Theology
A. The existence of God
1. On the reality of truth (1677)
2. On necessary or eternal truths (1677)
3. A proof of the existence of God from his essence (January 1678)
4. Letter to the editor of the Journal de Trevoux (1701)
B. Optimism and meliorism
1. The elements of true piety (1677 - 1678?)
2. On the continuous increase in the perfection of the world (1689 - 1690?)
3. Whether the world increases in perfection (1694-6?)
4. Letter to Andre Morell (1698)
5-8. Letters to Louis Bourguet (1715-6)
C. Sin and evil
1. On sin and original sin (1686)
2. Can the bad outcomes of wicked actions be ascribed to wickedness?
3. Letter to Isaac Jacquelot (1706)
4. Letter to Louis Bourguet (1712)