The Leibniz-De Volder Correspondence; With Selections from the Correspondence Between Leibniz and Johann Bernoulli

by G. W. Leibniz; Translated, Edited, and with an Introduction by Paul Lodge

• ISBN13: 9780300108231
• ISBN10: 0300108230
• Edition: Bilingual
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2013-02-26
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

This volume is a critical edition of the eight-year correspondence (16981706) between Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Burcher de Volder, professor of philosophy and mathematics at Leiden University. Containing the surviving correspondence between Leibniz and De Volder, the volume also presents a generous selection from the letters between Leibniz and his friend Johann Bernoulli, through whose intercession the correspondence began. Bernoulli acted as intermediary throughout, and the often candid discussions between Leibniz and Bernoulli provide illuminating background to the correspondence proper. Each of the selections appears both in the original Latin and in English translation.

Author Biography

Paul Lodge is tutorial fellow in philosophy, Mansfield College, Oxford.