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Discourse on Metaphysics and The Monadology (Philosophical Classics) Paperback – July 26, 2005

by G. W. Leibniz (Author), Albert R. Chandler (Editor), George R. Montgomery (Translator)

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One of the 17th century's most important thinkers, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz exercised enormous influence on the philosophy of Herder, Feuerbach, and Hegel as well as on the writings of Schiller and Goethe. Two of Leibniz's most studied and often quoted works appear in this volume: Discourse on Metaphysics and The Monadology.
Published in 1686, the Discourse on Metaphysics consists of Leibniz's expansion of a letter to his theologian friend Antoine Arnauld, in which he explains that through our perceptions we express the rest of the universe from our own unique perspectives. The whole world is thus contained in each individual substance as each represents the same universe and "the universe is in a way multiplied as many times as there are substances, and similarly the glory of God is redoubled by as many completely different representations of His work." It is here that Leibniz makes his famous assertion that God, with perfect knowledge and goodness, freely chose to create this, the best of all possible worlds.
The Monadology, written in 1714, offers a concise synopsis of Leibniz's philosophy. It establishes the laws of final causes, which underlie God's free choice to create the best possible world — a world that serves as dynamic and perfectly ordered evidence of the wisdom, power, and benevolence of its creator.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dover Publications (July 26, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 96 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0486443108
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0486443102
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.39 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.26 x 0.2 x 8.32 inches

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Understand the natural world of God and Substance!

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Very influential in my life towards knowing: what is substance, really?

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Properties/qualities of reality and its “god”

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We are in 1686, Leibniz is talking about some properties/qualities of reality and its “god”. Well, he assumes that there is such an impossible “god” doing everything perfect for its own glory. Boring. I almost threw this book at /dev/null (a sort of hellish digital black hole; but Leibniz would claim that his “god” can read stuff there). But, hey, that is exactly the point of reading philosophy! To bring DISCOMFORT (Thanks, B. Russell). So I replaced “god” by “nature” and kept reading the damn thing. You may have some extra motivation because the text is short and Voltaire wrote Candide as satire of this nonsense. By the way, Voltaire’s book is delicious and gets even better after reading this one. Take away: Leibniz was writing to be understood, no fancy language and ingenious analogies with mathematical concepts. And some of the 90 monads, at the end of the book, are sober reasoning over nature (the ones not stating that “god perfection is absolutely infinite” and so on).

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Love my mans LEIBNIZ

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Moe

A great read that makes you view the world from another prespective

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A really interesting book but wouldn't recommend for people who are new to philosophy.

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It is surely the most perfect of all possible arrangements

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I applaud Amazon for offering these important books to the public on Kindle at little or no cost. It is surely the most perfect of all possible arrangements.

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Manselton

Bought this version after just getting Richard Arthur's excellent new book on Leibniz

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 25, 2014

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Bought this version after just getting Richard Arthur's excellent new book on Leibniz. Excellent introduction showing how Leibniz tried to reconcile the Scholastics with the new Natural Philosophy. The Metaphysics gives reasons for the Monadology - and that is just what I was looking for.

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Wyatt

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I love it! His sophisticated thoughts are very impressive!

Dietsche

Discourse on Metaphysics and the Monadology

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Man hört von Metaphysik oder der Monadologie von Leibniz, aber was steckt dahinter?
So kaufte ich mir das Buch auf Englisch, um meine Kenntnisse auszubauen.
Jedoch fand ich den Text etwas fade, daher nur 1 Punkt.
Bei Kant lies sich der Text spannender und strukturierter und der Leser wird besser eingebunden.

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Reviewed in India on March 5, 2016

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