Correspondence

by Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von; Clarke, Samuel; Ariew, Roger

• ISBN13: 9780872205253
• ISBN10: 0872205258
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Hackett Pub Co Inc

Summary

After Leibniz's death in 1716, Clarke published an edition of their philosophical correspondence--a wide-ranging discussion of the nature of God, human souls, free will and indifference of choice, space and time, the vacuum, miracles, and matter and force. Clarke included his own letters, his translations of Leibniz's letters, and some translated passages from Leibniz's French and Latin works that helped to illuminate their exchanges.

Author Biography

Roger Ariew is Professor of Philosophy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	vi
Introduction	vii
Leibniz, Caroline, Newton, and Clarke	vii
Editor's Note	xiv
Clarke's Introduction	1	(3)
To Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales	1	(2)
Advertisement to the Reader	3	(1)
The Correspondence	4	(84)
Leibniz's First Letter, Being an Extract of a Letter Written in November, 1715	4	(1)
Clarke's First Reply	5	(2)
Leibniz's Second Letter, Being an Answer to Clarke's First Reply	7	(4)
Clarke's Second Reply	11	(3)
Leibniz's Third Letter, Being an Answer to Clarke's Second Reply	14	(4)
Clarke's Third Reply	18	(4)
Leibniz's Fourth Letter, Being an Answer to Clarke's Third Reply	22	(7)
Clarke's Fourth Reply	29	(7)
Leibniz's Fifth Letter, Being an Answer to Clarke's Fourth Reply	36	(30)
Clarke's Fifth Reply	66	(22)
Appendices	88	(17)
A:Passages from Leibniz's Works That May Shed Light on Many Parts of the Previous Letters	88	(7)
B:Selections from Newton's Works	95	(10)
1. Principia, Scholium to Definitions	95	(6)
2. Principia, General Scholium	101	(4)
3. Optics, end of Query 31	105