Gottfried Leibniz is remembered as a metaphysical Pollyanna, thanks to Voltaire's caricature -- the hapless Dr. Pangloss, who insists that all is for the best, even as he is afflicted with syphilis, ...
This journey shall provide the reader with a simple, though complete, guide to Leibniz's metaphysics, incidentally preventing him or her from common errors. I will start with unfolding Leibniz's ...
Among his many achievements, Gottfried Leibniz (1646–1716) invented differential calculus independently of Isaac Newton; much of the notation and vocabulary used today comes from Leibniz, who ...
This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Awarded the Phoenix Prize for Significant Editorial Achievement by the Council of Editors of Learned Journals in 1996, THE ...