Author:Gottfried Leibniz

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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
(1646–1716)

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Polymath, with major contributions to mathematics, physics, philosophy, theology, and early computer science; independent inventor of calculus in mathematics; inventor of energy and the action principle in physics; diplomat, librarian; worked in vain towards reunification of Catholic and Protestant faiths

Works

New Methods of Studying and Teaching Jurisprudence (1667)
Confessio philosophi (1673)
Discourse on Metaphysics (1686)
De ipsa natura (1698)
Observations on John George Wachteri's book on the hidden philosophy of the Hebrews, s:la:Leibnitii Animadversiones (1706-1710)
Theodicy (1710) external link
Monadology (1714)
A system of theology (1850), translated by Charles William Russell external link
New essays concerning human understanding (1916) external link
The philosophical works of Leibnitz (1890), translated by George Martin Duncan external link

Letters

1671, October 5: Letter to Benedictus de Spinoza
1671, November 9: Letter from Benedictus de Spinoza

Works about Leibniz

Leibniz's New Essays Concerning the Human Understanding (1888), by Dewey, John
"Life and Philosophy of Leibnitz" by Alexander Campbell Fraser, in Essays in Philosophy (1856).
"Gottfried Wilhem von Leibnitz" in The Atlantic Monthly, 2 (1) (1858), by Frederic Henry Hedge
Leibniz (1884), by John Theodore Merz
"Leibniz Rewritten" in The Nation, Vol. 69 No. 1779 (Aug. 3, 1899), by Charles Sanders Peirce
A Critical Exposition of the Philosophy of Leibniz (1900), by Bertrand Russell (external scan)
"Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
Leibniz as a Politician (1911) by Adolphus William Ward

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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