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The revival of Leibniz studies in the past twenty-five years has cast important new light on both the context and content of Leibniz's philosophical thought. Where earlier English-language scholarship understood Leibniz's philosophy as issuing from his preoccupations with logic and language, recent work has recommended an account on which theological, ethical, and metaphysical themes figure centrally in Leibniz's thought throughout his career. The significance of these themes to the development of Leibniz's philosophy is the subject of increasing attention by philosophers and historians.

This collection of new essays by a distinguished group of scholars offers an up-to-date overview of the current state of Leibniz research. In focusing on nature and freedom, the volume revisits two key topics in Leibniz's thought, on which he engaged both contemporary and historical arguments. Important contributions to Leibniz scholarship in their own right, these articles collectively provide readers a framework in which to better situate Leibniz's distinctive philosophy of nature and the congenial home for a morally significant freedom that he took it to provide.

Reviews

"This collection offers both historical erudition and conceptual elucidation...with a most helpful editorial introduction to Leibniz's system, the essays are of high quality...A particularly excellent essay, for its thematic focus and clarity, is the one by editor Rutherford."--CHOICE

"...an excellent volume of original essays on the philosophy of Leibniz. Donald Rutherford and J.A. Cover have succeeded in bringing together a strong collection of essays from leading Leibniz scholars.... The essays provide an overview of the current state of Leibniz's research, and advance our understanding of his philosophical system on a number of fronts."--Notre Dame Philosophical Review

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288 pages; 6-1/8 x 9-1/4; ISBN13: 978-0-19-514375-1ISBN10: 0-19-514375-2

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