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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783992203321

Autore

Savile Anthony

Titolo

Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Leibniz and the Monadology [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012

ISBN

1-282-77780-7

0-203-13369-2

9786612777806

1-134-69611-6

1-283-88231-0

1-134-69612-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks

Disciplina

193

Soggetti

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm

Monadology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Routledge Philosophy Guide Book to Leibniz and the Monadology; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Two Great Principles (31-7); 2. God (38-46); 3. Simple substances (1-3); 4.Monadic nature (4-13); 5. Perception and appetition (14-19); 6. Worlds (53-6); 7. Matter ( 2, 57); 8. Organic bodies and composite substances (60-77); 9. Mind and body (78-81 and 17); 10. Spirits and the moral order (82-90); Appendix: Monadology; Select bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Leibniz is a major figure in western philosophy and, with Descartes and Spinoza, one of the most influential philosophers of the Rationalist School. The Monadology is his most famous work and one of the most important works of modern philosophy.Leibniz and the Monadology introduces and assesses:*Leibniz's life and the background to the Monadology*the ideas and text of the Monadology*Leibniz's continuing importance to philosophyLeibniz and the Monadology is ideal for anyone coming to Leibniz for the first time. It also includes the text of the