Leibniz and the English-Speaking World (Hardcover, 2007 ed.)

These essays comprise a first attempt to assess overall the attention awarded to Leibniz's philosophy in the English-speaking world in his own time and up to the present day. In addition to an introductory overview there are fourteen original and previously unpublished essays considering Leibniz's connections with his English-speaking contemporaries and near contemporaries as well as the later reception of his thought in Anglo-American philosophy. Some of the papers shed new light on familiar topics, including the influence of Hobbes on Leibniz, his relations with Locke and the well-publicised controversy with Samuel Clarke. Others chart less familiar territory, including Leibniz's connections with Boyle and Berkeley, Wilkins and Dalgarno. And others still break new ground in considering Leibniz's connections with John Wallis and Margaret Cavendish...

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The New Synthese Historical Library, 62
Release date:	May 2007
First published:	May 2007
Editors:	Pauline. Phemister • Stuart Brown
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	250
Edition:	2007 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-5242-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General
LSN:	1-4020-5242-1
Barcode:	9781402052422

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