Stuart Brown

The Young Leibniz and his Philosophy (1646-76) - International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees Stuart Brown 2000 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-307) and index. Table of Contents: Acknowledgements. A chronology of the young Leibniz (1646-76). Abbreviations. Leibniz's formative years (1646-76): an overview; S. Brown. The young Leibniz and his teachers; C. Mercer. Immeatio and emperichoresis. The theological roots of harmony in Bisterfeld and Leibniz; M. R. Antognazza. Deus sive harmonia universalis est ultima ratio rerum: the conception of God in the early philosophy of Leibniz; K. Moll. Transubstantiation, physics and philosophy at the time of the Catholic Demonstrations; U. Goldenbaum. The young Leibniz and the problem of historical truth; D. Cook. Mathematics and nature in Leibniz's early philosophy; P. Beeley. Leibniz and ethics: the years 1669-72; F. Piro. Leibniz and millenarianism; H. Hotson. Sufficient reason and human freedom in the Confessio Philosophi; G. H. R. Parkinson. Particles, vortices, and individuals in De Summa Rerum: Leibniz vis-a-vis Hobbes and Spinoza; C. Wilson. Leibniz, Spinoza, and Tschirnhaus: multiple worlds, possible worlds; M. A. Kulstad. The proto-monadology of the De Summa Rerum; S. Brown. A Bibliography of the Young Leibniz. Index."

Contributor Bio:  Brown, Stuart Brown is a professor of philosophy at the Open University.