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Bertrand Russell's study of the philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Leibniz is one of his earliest books, providing a fascinating glimpse of his philosophical brilliance. It remains one of the most important books on this polymathic seventeenth-century thinker and the only book Russell wrote about a major philosopher.
Written when Russell was only in his late twenties, it goes far beyond a mere exposition of Leibniz's thought. Celebrated for his invention of the differential calculus and a major figure in the development of rationalist philosophy, Leibniz is hailed by many as the last universal genius. Russell argues that the tension between Leibniz's theological writings for the Hanoverian royalty on the one hand and his philosophical work on the other obscures, in Russell's opinion, Leibniz's greatest gift to philosophy: the view that logic is the start of all philosophy.
Exploring Leibniz's contributions to epistemology, substance, space and time, the soul and body, and the existence of God, Russell pushes philosophy and logical thought in bold new directions. It remains a vital work in Russell's oeuvre and a landmark study of a major philosopher.
This Routledge Classics Edition has a new Foreword by Richard T. W. Arthur.
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Foreword to the Routledge Classics Edition Richard T. W. Arthur Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Abbreviations 1. Leibniz's Premisses 2. Necessary Propositions and the Law of Contradiction 3. Contingent Propositions and the Law of Sufficient Reasons 4. The Conception of Substance 5. The Identity of Indiscernibles and the Law of Continuity 6. Why Did Leibniz Believe in an External World? 7. The Philosophy of Matter: As the Outcome of the Principles of Dynamics 8. The Philosophy of Matter: As Explaining Continuity and Extension 9. The Labyrinth of the Continuum 10. The Theory of Space and Time and its Relation to Monadism 11. The Nature of Monads in General 12. Soul and Body 13. Confused and Unconscious Perception 14. Leibniz's Theory of Knowledge 15. Proofs of the Existence of God 16. Leibniz's Ethics. Appendix Index to the Appendix Index
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970). A celebrated mathematician and logician and gifted philosopher, Russell remains one of the most genuinely widely read and popular philosophers of modern times.
Zusammenfassung
Bertrand Russell's study of the philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Leibniz is one of Russell's earliest books and gives us a fascinating glimpse of his philosophical brilliance. This Routledge Classics Edition has a new Foreword by Richard T. W. Arthur.
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'It is impossible not to see in Mr. Russell's work elements of real originality and great power of argument...' - The Guardian
