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Book The Leibniz Clarke Correspondence

Download or read book The Leibniz Clarke Correspondence written by Samuel Clarke and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1956 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1715 the German philosopher Leibniz warned his friend the Princess of Wales of the dangers posed to religion by Newton's ideas. This book presents extracts from Leibniz's letters to Newtonian scientist Samuel Clarke.

Book Leibniz and Clarke

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  • Author : Ezio Vailati
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 1997-11-27
  • ISBN : 0195354257
  • Pages : 263 pages

Download or read book Leibniz and Clarke written by Ezio Vailati and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997-11-27 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The correspondence between Leibniz and Samuel Clarke was the most influential philosophical exchange of the eighteenth century, and indeed one of the most significant such exchanges in the history of philosophy. Carried out in 1715 and 1716, the debate focused on the clash between Newtonian and Leibnizian world systems, involving disputes in physics, theology, and metaphysics. The letters ranged over an extraordinary array of topics, including divine immensity and eternity, the relation of God to the world, free will, gravitation, the existence of atoms and the void, and the size of the universe. This penetrating book is the first to offer a comprehensive overview and commentary on the Leibniz-Clarke correspondence. Building his narrative around general subjects covered in the exchange--God, the soul, space and time, miracles and nature, matter and force--Ezio Vailati devotes special attention to a question crucial for Leibniz and Clarke alike. Both philosophers, worried by the advance of naturalism and its consequences for morality, devised complex systems to counter naturalism and reinforce natural religion. However, they not only deeply disagreed on how to answer the naturalist threat, but they ended up seeing in each other's views the germs of naturalism itself. Vailati rigorously tracks the twists and turns of this argument, shedding important new light on a critical moment in modern philosophy. Lucid, taut, and energetically written, this book not only examines the Leibniz-Clarke debate in unprecedented depth but also situates the views advanced by the two men in the context of their principal writings. An invaluable reference to a fascinating exchange of ideas, Leibniz and Clarke makes vital reading for philosophers and historians of science and theology.

Book Correspondence

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  • Author : Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz
  • Publisher : Hackett Publishing Company Incorporated
  • Release : 2000
  • ISBN : 9780872205253
  • Pages : 110 pages

Download or read book Correspondence written by Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz and published by Hackett Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 2000 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For this new edition, Roger Ariew has adapted Samuel Clarke's edition of 1717, modernizing it to reflect contemporary English usage. Ariew's introduction places the correspondence in historical context and discusses the vibrant philosophical climate of the times. Appendices provide those selections from the works of Newton that Clarke frequently refers to in the correspondence. A bibliography is also included.

Book Leibniz   Clarke

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ezio Vailati
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
  • Release : 1997
  • ISBN : 0195113993
  • Pages : 263 pages

Download or read book Leibniz Clarke written by Ezio Vailati and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1997 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The correspondence between Leibniz and Samuel Clarke (1715-??) was probably the most famous and influential philosophical exchange of the eighteenth century. It focused on the clash between the Newtonian and Leibnizian world systems, involving disputes in physics, theology, and metaphysics. The letters ranged over an extraordinary array of topics: divine immensity and eternity, the relation of God to the world, the soul and its relation to the body, free will, space and time, the nature of miracles, the nature of matter, the existence of atoms and the void, the size of the universe, and the nature of motive force. Vailati's book provides a comprehensive overview and commentary on this important body of letters. He not only identifies and evaluates the various arguments, but situates the views advanced by the correspondents in the context of their principal writings.

Book The Cambridge Companion to Newton

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Newton written by I. Bernard Cohen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-04-25 with total page 785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727) was one of the greatest scientists of all time, a thinker of extraordinary range and creativity who has left enduring legacies in mathematics and the natural sciences. In this volume a team of distinguished contributors examine all the main aspects of Newton's thought, including not only his approach to space, time, mechanics, and universal gravity in his Principia, his research in optics, and his contributions to mathematics, but also his more clandestine investigations into alchemy, theology, and prophecy, which have sometimes been overshadowed by his mathematical and scientific interests.

Book Leibniz and Clarke  Correspondence

Download or read book Leibniz and Clarke Correspondence written by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2000-03-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For this new edition, Roger Ariew has adapted Samuel Clarke's edition of 1717, modernizing it to reflect contemporary English usage. Ariew's introduction places the correspondence in historical context and discusses the vibrant philosophical climate of the times. Appendices provide those selections from the works of Newton that Clarke frequently refers to in the correspondence. A bibliography is also included.

Book Space  Time  and Theology in the Leibniz Newton Controversy

Download or read book Space Time and Theology in the Leibniz Newton Controversy written by Edward J. Khamara and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the famous Correspondence with Clarke, which took place during the last year of Leibniz’s life, Leibniz advanced several arguments purporting to refute the absolute theory of space and time that was held by Newton and his followers. The main aim of this book is to reassess Leibniz’s attack on the Newtonian theory in so far as he relied on the principle of the identity of indiscernibles. The theological side of the controversy is not ignored but isolated and discussed in the last three chapters, which deal with problems connected with the notions of omnipotence and omniscience.

Book The Leibniz Clarke Correspondence

Download or read book The Leibniz Clarke Correspondence written by Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Leibniz Clarke Correspondence

Download or read book The Leibniz Clarke Correspondence written by Samuel Clarke and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Leibniz and his Correspondents

Download or read book Leibniz and his Correspondents written by Paul Lodge and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-04-26 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike most of the other great philosophers Leibniz never wrote a magnum opus, so his philosophical correspondence is essential for an understanding of his views. This collection of essays by pre-eminent figures in the field of Leibniz scholarship is a most thorough account of Leibniz's philosophical correspondencee. It both illuminates Leibniz's philosophical views and pays due attention to the dialectical context in which the relevant passages from the letters occur. The result is a book of enormous value to all serious students of early-modern philosophy and the history of ideas.

Book The Leibniz Caroline Clarke Correspondence

Download or read book The Leibniz Caroline Clarke Correspondence written by and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-08-17 with total page 997 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on the famous philosophical correspondence between the German polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, writing in the final months of his life, and the English philosopher and cleric Samuel Clarke, as well as the correspondence between Leibniz and Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach, future Princess of Wales and Queen Consort of England, who played a significant role in the correspondence as both mediator of, and commentator on, the exchanges been Leibniz and Clarke. It provides a complete reproduction of Samuel Clarke's 1717 edition of his correspondence with Leibniz, as well as original language texts (in French and Latin) and English translations of the extant correspondence between Leibniz and Caroline from 1714 to 1716, as well as many of the letters exchanged between Leibniz and various correspondents during the period of the correspondence with Clarke. Many of the original language documents are here published and translated into English for the first time. Gregory Brown's introduction places the letters in historical and personal context. The first part discusses the correspondence and developing relationship between Caroline and Leibniz. This encompasses a period immediately leading up to the ascension of Caroline's father-in-law, Georg Ludwig, Elector of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (Hanover), to the throne of England as George I following the death of Queen Anne, as well as Caroline's ascension to the position of Princess of Wales and subsequent relocation to England, Leibniz's correspondence with Clarke, mediated by Caroline, and Leibniz's death in 1716. The second part of the introduction discusses the main themes of the correspondence between Leibniz and Clarke and highlights the importance and influence of Caroline in her role as mediator of the correspondence.

Book The Leibniz Clarke Correspondence

Download or read book The Leibniz Clarke Correspondence written by H.G. Alexander and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Leibniz s Principle of Identity of Indiscernibles

Download or read book Leibniz s Principle of Identity of Indiscernibles written by Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the place and role of the identity of indisernibles, which rules out numerically distinct but perfectly similar things, in Leibniz's philosophy.

Book An Introduction to the Leibniz Clarke Correspondence

Download or read book An Introduction to the Leibniz Clarke Correspondence written by Howard Robert Bernstein and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Leibniz Clarke Correspondence

Download or read book The Leibniz Clarke Correspondence written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Leibniz Clarke correspondence

Download or read book The Leibniz Clarke correspondence written by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: