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The Labyrinth of the Continuum: Writings on the Continuum Problem, 1672-1686.

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This book edited by Richard T. W. Arthur is definitely a great contribution to the study of Leibniz's philosophy. I use it to prepare my Ph.D project in Philosophy. In this selections we can find one of the most dificulty and interesting problem of the german philosopher in the philosophy of physics and matematics, i. e., the problem of the continuum: in word of Leibniz "the problem of the labyrinth". The selection embrace texts from 1672 to 1686. Although the editor include the original latin texts and a good english translation, the reader must be aware of some problem with the edition. There are some errors in the latin, to many for a prestigious editorial, like Yale University Press. Furthermore the Introduction by T. W. Arthur is in my opinion too arbitrary in the explanation of the diferent solutions from Leibniz to the problem of the continuum.
But, in general, a good book for anyone who is interested in the philosophy of Leibniz. And the most important aspect of the book is that the reader can have in one volume a series of the most representative texts about the "labyrinth" that were not before compiled and are here finally accessible. Besides the editor include a good bibliography in the Introduction and all the texts are cited in accord with the Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften (in charge of the complete works of Leibniz).

This book edited by Richard T. W. Arthur is definitely a great contribution to the study of Leibniz's philosophy. I use it to prepare my Ph.D project in Philosophy. In this selections we can find one of the most dificulty and interesting problem of the german philosopher in the philosophy of physics and matematics, i. e., the problem of the continuum: in word of Leibniz "the problem of the labyrinth". The selection embrace texts from 1672 to 1686. Although the editor include the original latin texts and a good english translation, the reader must be aware of some problem with the edition. There some errors in the latin, to many for a prestigious editorial, like Yale University Press. Furthermore the Introduction by T. W. Arthur is in my opinion too arbitrary in the explanation of the diferent solutions from Leibniz to the problem of the continuum.
But, in general, a good book for anyone who is interested in the philosophy of Leibniz. And the most important aspect of the book is that the reader can have in one volume a series of the most representative texts about the "labyrinth" that were not before compiled and are here finally accessible. Besides the editor include a good bibliography in the Introduction and all the texts are cited in accord with the Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften (in charge of the complete works of Leibniz).