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Author Perkins, Franklin.

Title Leibniz [electronic resource] : a guide for the perplexed / Franklin Perkins.

Imprint London ; New York : Continuum, 2007.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description viii, 174 p.
Series Guides for the perplexed
Guides for the perplexed.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-169) and index.
Contents READING LEIBNIZ. Context of Leibniz's philosophy -- Difficulties of reading Leibniz -- Using this book -- GOD AND THE BEST POSSIBLE WORLD. Two principles of knowledge -- The existence of god -- The nature of God -- The best of all possible worlds -- SUBSTANCES. Substance in early modern philosophy -- The simplicity and unity of substance in Leibniz -- Substances as points of view on the universe -- Interaction and pre-established harmony -- RATIONAL MINDS. Minute perceptions and levels of awareness -- Necessary truths and innate ideas -- Knowledge -- identity and choice -- LEIBNIZ'S PHILOSOPHY AND LEIBNIZ AS PHILOSOPHER.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780826489203 (hard)
0826489206 (hard)
0826489214 (pbk.)
9780826489210 (pbk.)
9780826422910 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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