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The selections contained in these volumes from the papers and
letters of Leibniz are intended to serve the student in two ways:
first, by providing a more adequate and balanced conception of the
full range and penetration of Leibniz's creative intellectual
powers; second, by inviting a fresher approach to his intellectual
growth and a clearer perception of the internal strains in his
thinking, through a chronological arrangement. Much confusion has
arisen in the past through a neglect of the develop ment of
Leibniz's ideas, and Couturat's impressive plea, in his edition of
the Opuscu/es et fragments (p. xii), for such an arrangement is
valid even for incomplete editions. The beginning student will do
well, however, to read the maturer writings of Parts II, III, and
IV first, leaving Part I, from a period too largely neglected by
Leibniz criticism, for a later study of the still obscure sources
and motives of his thought. The Introduction aims primarily to
provide cultural orientation and an exposition of the structure and
the underlying assumptions of the philosophical system rather than
a critical evaluation. I hope that together with the notes and the
Index, it will provide those aids to the understanding which the
originality of Leibniz's scientific, ethical, and metaphysical
efforts deserve."
The selections contained in these volumes from the papers and
letters of Leibniz are intended to serve the student in two ways:
first, by providing a more adequate and balanced conception of the
full range and penetration of Leibniz's creative intellectual
powers; second, by inviting a fresher approach to his intellectual
growth and a clearer perception of the internal strains in his
thinking, through a chronological arrangement. Much confusion has
arisen in the past through a neglect of the develop ment of
Leibniz's ideas, and Couturat's impressive plea, in his edition of
the Opuscu/es et fragments (p. xii), for such an arrangement is
valid even for incomplete editions. The beginning student will do
well, however, to read the maturer writings of Parts II, III, and
IV first, leaving Part I, from a period too largely neglected by
Leibniz criticism, for a later study of the still obscure sources
and motives of his thought. The Introduction aims primarily to
provide cultural orientation and an exposition of the structure and
the underlying assumptions of the philosophical system rather than
a critical evaluation. I hope that together with the notes and the
Index, it will provide those aids to the understanding which the
originality of Leibniz's scientific, ethical, and metaphysical
efforts deserve."
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