| The Leibniz-Des Bosses Correspondence Contributor(s): Leibniz, G. W. (Author), Look, Brandon C. (Editor), Rutherford, Donald (Editor) |
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ISBN: 030011804X ISBN-13: 9780300118049 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $110.88 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: This volume is a critical edition of the ten-year correspondence (1706-1716) between Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, one of Europe's most influential early modern thinkers, and Bartholomew Des Bosses, a Jesuit theologian who was keen to bring together Leibniz's philosophy and the Aristotelian philosophy and religious doctrines accepted by his order. The letters offer crucial insights into Leibniz's final metaphysics and into the intellectual life of the eighteenth century. Brandon C. Look and Donald Rutherford present seventy-one of Leibniz's and Des Bosses's letters in the original Latin and in careful English translation. Few of the letters have been translated into English before. The editors also provide extensive annotations, deletions, and marginalia from Leibniz's various drafts, and a substantial introduction setting the context for the correspondence and analyzing the main philosophical issues. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General |
| Dewey: 193 |
| Series: Yale Leibniz |
| Physical Information: 1.54" H x 6.65" W x 9.47" (1.97 lbs) 558 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
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| Publisher Description: This volume is a critical edition of the ten-year correspondence (1706-1716) between Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, one of Europe's most influential early modern thinkers, and Bartholomew Des Bosses, a Jesuit theologian who was keen to bring together Leibniz's philosophy and the Aristotelian philosophy and religious doctrines accepted by his order. The letters offer crucial insights into Leibniz's final metaphysics and into the intellectual life of the eighteenth century. Brandon C. Look and Donald Rutherford present seventy-one of Leibniz's and Des Bosses's letters in the original Latin and in careful English translation. Few of the letters have been translated into English before. The editors also provide extensive annotations, deletions, and marginalia from Leibniz's various drafts, and a substantial introduction setting the context for the correspondence and analyzing the main philosophical issues. |