| Leibniz and the Rational Order of Nature Revised Edition Contributor(s): Rutherford, Donald (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521597374 ISBN-13: 9780521597371 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $56.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1998 Annotation: The most up-to-date and comprehensive interpretation of the philosophy of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716), who proposed the theory that nature is an order designed by God to maximize opportunities for the exercise of reason. Making considerable use of unpublished manuscript sources, author Donald Rutherford seeks to demonstrate the systematic unity of Leibniz's thought. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
| Dewey: 193 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6" W x 8.92" (0.95 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic |
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| Publisher Description: This is the most up-to-date and comprehensive interpretation of the philosophy of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716). Among its other virtues, it makes considerable use of unpublished manuscript sources. The book seeks to demonstrate the systematic unity of Leibniz's thought, in which theodicy, ethics, metaphysics and natural philosophy cohere. The key, underlying idea of the system is the conception of nature as an order designed by God to maximize the opportunities for the exercise of reason. |