Leibniz in His World : The Making of a Savant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Borowski, Audrey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophers--Germany.

Philosophers.

Intellectual life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2024.

Summary:

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Contents:

Cover

Contents

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part I

Chapter 1. Leibniz with Boineburg: Acquiring a New Patron, Negotiating Contingency

Chapter 2. Encountering Paris

A German Publicist and Agent in Paris

Chapter 3. Learning in Paris

Chapter 4. Engaging with Cartesianism

'Le grand Arnauld’

Foucher

Chapter 5. Defending a Particular Conception of the Republic of Letters: Leibniz on the Querelle des anciens et des modernes and the Republic of Letters

Placing Erudition and History in Defence of Religion

Chapter 6. The Struggle for the Heart of the Republic of Letters: Science and the State

‘Funny Thought'

Chapter 7. Infiltrating Colbert’s State Republic of Letters

Louis Ferrand and the Pursuit of Abulfeda’s Geography

Pierre de Carcavy and Leibniz’s Calculating Machine

Chapter 8. Finding a New Patron

Learning from France for Germany

Part II

Chapter 9. Leibniz in His Correspondence with Duke Johann Friedrich (1676–79): The Sincerity of a Projector

Leibniz as Court Librarian

Widening His Sphere of Influence

A ‘Walking Encyclopedia’ at the Court of Hanover

Leibniz’s Own Projects and Specialness

Secrecy and Control

Between Artifice and Sincerity

Chapter 10. Leibniz with His Fellow Projectors Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

9780691260860

0691260869

OCLC:

1455761524