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The Labyrinth of the Continuum: Writings on the Continuum Problem, 1672-1686
by Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm; Authur, Richard, T. W
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Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Yale Univ Pr. New. 2002. Hardcover. 0300079117 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - BRAND NEW, FLAWLESS COPY, NEVER OPENED - 576 pp. 35 black and white illus. -- DESCRIPTION: This book gathers together for the first time an important body of texts written between 1672 and 1686 by the great German philosopher and polymath Gottfried Leibniz. These writings, most of them previously untranslated, represent Leibniz's sustained attempt on a problem whose solution was crucial to the development of his thought, that of the composition of the continuum. The volume begins with excerpts from Leibniz's Paris writings, in which he tackles such problems as whether the infinite division of matter entails "perfect points, " whether matter and space can be regarded as true wholes, whether motion is truly continuous, and the nature of body and substance. Comprising the second section is Pacidius Philalethi, Leibniz's brilliant dialogue of late 1676 on the problem of the continuity of motion. In the selections of the final section, from his Hanover writings of 16771686, Leibniz abandons his earlier transcreationism and atomism in favor of the theory of corporeal substance, where the reality of body and motion is founded in substantial form or force. Leibniz's texts (one in French, the rest in Latin) are presented with facing-page English translations, together with an introduction, notes, appendixes containing related excerpts from earlier works by Leibniz and his predecessors, and a valuable glossary detailing important terms and their translations. -- with a bonus offer-- .
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- Title
- The Labyrinth of the Continuum: Writings on the Continuum Problem, 1672-1686
- Author
- Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm; Authur, Richard, T. W
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- Hardcover
- Book Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0300079117
- ISBN 13
- 9780300079111
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- Yale Univ Pr
- Place of Publication
- Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2002
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