G. W. Leibniz's monadology : an edition for students / Nicholas Rescher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rescher, Nicholas, 1928-2024, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monadology--Early works to 1800.

Monadology.

Genre:

Early works

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Monadology.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991.

Summary:

G.W. Leibniz's Monadology, one of the most important pieces of the Leibniz corpus, is at once one of the great classics of modern philosophy and one of its most puzzling productions. Because the essay is written in so condensed and compact a fashion, for almost three centuries it has baffled and beguiled those who read it for the first time. Nicholas Rescher accompanies the text of the Monadology section-by-section with relevant excerpts from some of Leibniz's widely scattered discussions of the matters at issue. The result serves a dual purpose of providing a commentary of the Monadology.

Contents:

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Translation of the 'Monadology'; 3. The Thematic Structure of the 'Monadology'; 4. Leibniz's Use of Analogies and Principles; 5. Text and Commentary; Index of Key Terms and Ideas; Index of French Terms and Expressions; Index of References.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes indexes.

ISBN:

9780822971498

0822971496

OCLC:

880457386