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This is an abridgement of the complete translation of the New
Essays, first published in 1981, designed for use as a study text.
The material extraneous to philosophy - more than a third of the
original - and the glossary of notes have been cut and a
philosophical introduction and bibliography of work on Leibniz have
been provided by the translators. The marginal pagination has been
retained for ease of cross-reference to the full edition. The work
itself is an acknowledged philosophical classic, in which Leibniz
argues point by point with Locke's Essay Concerning Human
Understanding. The result is the single most important
confrontation between the philosophical traditions of rationalism
and empiricism. It makes an extremely suitable focus for the study
of Leibniz's thought and of those two traditions in relation to one
another.
Challenging Locke's views in Essays on Human Understanding chapter by chapter, Leibniz's references to his contemporaries and his discussion of the ideas and institutions of the age make this work a fascinating and valuable document in the history of ideas.
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