Challenging Locke's views in Essays on Human Understanding chapter by chapter, Leibniz's references to his contemporaries and his discussion of the ideas and institutions of the age make this work a fascinating and valuable document in the history of ideas.
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."..an invaluable contribution to both Leibniz and Locke scholarship...an excellent entry into the important dialectic between these two giants in the history of European philosophy." Thomas Heyd, Philosophy in Review
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The contribution of Gottfried Leibniz to the development of man is immeasurable. However, knowing his contribution is difficult to assemble because Leibniz published only one book during his life. Yet, he was a prolific writer of papers and letters to many people on many subject. Beside discovering the infinitesimal calculus, which is taught is all high schools today, he was known as a 'walking encyclopedia.'
The material in this book was made by Leibniz in response to England's John Locke's 'Essay Concerning Human Understanding' (1690). The material was prepared by Leibniz to use it in a debate with Locke. Locke proposed physical atoms for the universe. This is consistent with Newton's physical universe. But, Leibniz proposed monads, which are becoming part of modern creation theories. However, Locke died and the debate never occurred. Instead, Leibniz established correspondence in 1715-16 with Samuel Clark, a disciple of Isaac Newton. This correspondence is an excellent summary of Leibniz's thoughts before he died in 1716. It shows the basic differences between Newton and Leibniz in both science and mathematics. This book should become part of the home library of any intellectual family.
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- Descartes: Discourse On Method by Laurence J. Lafleur in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Philosophical Essays by G. W. Leibniz in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: 2 Vols. in 1 (Great Books in Philosophy) by John Locke in Front Matter, page 319, and page 349
- Philosophical Writings (Everyman Paperback Classics) by Leibniz in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Leibniz and Locke: A Study of the New Essays on Human Understanding, with a translation of Leibniz's Ad Christophori Stegmanni Metaphysicam Unitariorum by Nicholas Jolley in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
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- Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Vol. 5: Irigaray - Lushi Chunqiu by Edward Craig on 5 pages
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