Literary Criticism (1400-1800)

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm | Further Reading

FURTHER READING

Biography

Aiton, E. J. Leibniz: A Biography. Bristol, England: Adam Hilger, 1985, 370 p.

Places the evolution of Leibniz's philosophical and scientific thought within the intellectual and social context of his lifetime. Aiton draws mainly on printed editions of Leibniz's correspondence, works, and writings.

Criticism

Broad, C. D. Leibniz: An Introduction, edited by C. Lewy. London: Cambridge University Press, 1975, 175 p.

Text of the late C. D. Broad's lectures given at Cambridge from 1948-50 on the philosophy of Leibniz.

Brown, Gregory. "Compossibility, Harmony, and Perfection in Leibniz." The Philosophical Review XCVI, No. 2 (April 1987): 173-203.

Examines Leibniz's doctrine of concepts and his ideas on perfection.

Chappell, Vere, ed. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz: Part II. New York:...

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