The labyrinth of the continuum : writings on the continuum problem, 1672-1686 / G.W. Leibniz ; translated, edited, and with an introduction by Richard T. W. Arthur.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716.

Contributor:

Authur, Richard, T. W., 1950-

Series:

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716. Selections (Series) Works.

The Yale Leibniz

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. English & Latin. 2001

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

lxxxviii, 484 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2001]

Language Note:

Original Latin text with English translation on facing pages.

Contents:

1 The Labyrinth xxiii

2 The Problem of the Continuum xxvi

3 Leibniz's First Solution xxxii

4 Continuity and Cohesion xxxvii

5 Atoms and the Void xliii

6 Actually Infinite Division and the Infinitely Small li

7 Infinite Aggregates: Body, Space, and Substance lxi

8 Motion, Change, and Substance lxxiii

I Paris Writings, 1672-76 1

1 "A Demonstration of Incorporeal Substances" (4th Draft) (Fall 1672?) Aiii3[subscript 4] 2

2 Notes on Galileo's Two New Sciences (First Dialogue) (Fall 1672?) Aiii11[subscript 2] 4

3 On Minimum and Maximum; On Bodies and Minds (Nov. 1672-Jan. 1673) Aiii5 8

4 On the Cohesiveness of Bodies (Fall 1672-Winter 1672-73) Aiii4 18

5 Notes on Descartes's Principles of Philosophy (Selections) (Fall-Dec. 1675?) Aiii15 22

6 On Matter, Motion, Minima, and the Continuum (Dec. 1675) Aiii58 30

7 "An Infinite Line Is Immovable" (3 Jan. 1676) Aiii59 40

8 On Spinoza's Ethics; and On the Infinite (Feb. 1676?) Aiii33[subscript 4], Aiii63 40

9 On the Secrets of the Sublime, or On the Supreme Being (Selections) (11 Feb. 1676) Aiii60 44

10 Unbounded Extension (Feb. 1676?) Aiii66 52

11 Notes on Science and Metaphysics (Selections) (18 March 1676) Aiii36[subscript 1] 52

12 On the Plenitude of the World (March? 1676) Aiii76 58

13 On the Infinitely Small (26 March 1676) Aiii52 64

14 Unbounded Lines (April 1676) Aiii65 64

15 On Motion and Matter (1?-10 April 1676) Aiii68 74

16 Infinite Numbers (c. 10 April 1676) Aiii69 82

17 Annotated Excerpts from Spinoza (2nd half of April 1676?) Aiii19 100

18 On Body, Space, and the Continuum (Selections) (15 April and 2nd half? of April 1676) Aiii71, Aiii74 116

II. Dialogue on Continuity and Motion 125

19 "Pacidius to Philalethes: A First Philosophy of Motion" (29 Oct.-10 Nov. 1676) Aiii78 127

III. Hanover Writings, 1677-86 223

20 Space and Motion Are Really Relations (Early 1677?) Aiv359 224

21 Motion Is Something Relative (Feb. 1677) Aiv360 228

22 "Chrysippus's Heap" (March 1678) Aiv23 228

23 Conspectus for a Little Book on the Elements of Physics (Selections) (Summer 1678-Winter 1678-79?) Aiv365 230

24 Created Things Are Actually Infinite (Summer 1678-Winter 1680-81) Aiv266 234

25 Metaphysical Definitions and Reflections (Summer 1678-Winter 1680-81) Aiv267 236

26 Matter and Motion Are Only Phenomena (c. 1678-79?) Aiv277 256

27 There Is No Such Thing as One Body (c. 1678-79) Aiv278 256

28 "A Body Is Not a Substance" (c. 1678-79?) Aiv316 258

29 "The Origin of Souls and Minds" (March-June 1681?) Aiv275 260

30 "Wonders Concerning the Nature of Corporeal Substance" (29 March 1683) Aiv279 262

31 On Substance, Change, Time, and Extension (Selections) (Summer 1683-Early 1685?) Aiv132 264

32 On Part, Whole, Transformation, and Change (Selections) (Mid-1685) Aiv147 270

33 Annotated Excerpts from Cordemoy's Treatise (1685) Aiv346 274

34 On the Present World (March 1684-Spring 1686) Aiv301 282

35 There Is No Perfect Shape in Bodies (April-Oct. 1686?) Aiv310 296

36 There Can Be Infinite Degrees of Souls (c. 1686?) Aiv304 298

37 "A Specimen of Discoveries of the Admirable Secrets of Nature in General" (c. 1686?) Aiv312 (Aiv315, Aiv320) 302

38 Motion Is Not Something Absolute (c. 1686?) Aiv317 332

39 On Time and Place, Duration and Space (c. 1686?) Aiv321 334

Appendix 1 Excerpts from Leibniz's Early Writings on the Continuum (1669-71) 337

(a) from a Letter to Thomasius (1669) 337

(b) The Theory of Concrete Motion (Winter 1670-71) 338

(c) The Theory of Abstract Motion (Winter 1670-71) 339

(d) On Primary Matter (Winter 1670-71) 343

(e) from A Hypothesis of the System of the World (Spring-Fall 1671?) 344

(f) from On the Nature of Corporeal Things (Second Draft) (late 1671?) 345

Appendix 2 Leibniz's Predecessors on the Continuum 347

(a) Aristotle 347

(b) Galileo Galilei 352

(c) Rene Descartes 357

(d) Thomas Hobbes 359

(e) Pierre Gassendi 360.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-434) and indexes.

ISBN:

0300079117

OCLC:

46474087