Leibniz's discourse on metaphysics :: a new translation and commentary /
A fresh translation and in-depth commentary of Leibniz's seminal text Discourse on Metaphysics.
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| Zusammenfassung: | A fresh translation and in-depth commentary of Leibniz's seminal text Discourse on Metaphysics. |
| Beschreibung: | 16. God's 'extraordinary concourse' is included in each individual notion, thus accounting for the compatibility of miracles with natural laws. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xii, 348 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 1474457800 9781474457798 1474457797 9781474457804 |
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| 505 | 8 | |a On distinctions between necessary and contingent propositions and consecutions -- on God's foreknowledge of future contingents -- on inclination without necessitation. -- 14. That God produces diverse substances, each of which uniquely expresses God's view of the universe, thus increasing the glory of God. That substances do not enter into causal relations, but God makes all of their actions correspond. -- 15. On the causal and moral implications of expression, perfection, and accommodation. | |
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| 520 | |a A fresh translation and in-depth commentary of Leibniz's seminal text Discourse on Metaphysics. | ||
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| 546 | |a English text, partially translated from the French. | ||
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| contents | Introduction to Leibniz's life and work -- The seventeenth-century political, scientific, and intellectual background -- The Discourse in the context of Leibniz's life and work -- The provenance of the 'little discourse' -- Guide to the Akademie Edition, its variant-apparatus, and the present translation -- How to track the variants in the translation -- Why another English translation? -- Why a commentary? -- Summary of symbols used in the translation, footnotes, and commentary Topical summary of the Discourse on Metaphysics, by article -- Translation of the Discourse on Metaphysics -- Commentary on the Discourse on Metaphysics -- 1. On the very idea of an absolutely perfect being. -- 2. On the charge that moral goodness is arbitrary. -- 3. On those who say that God could have done better. -- 4. The love of God requires our complete satisfaction in him -- but this does not imply we should not strive to act for the best. -- 5. On the rules of perfection: the simplest means and the richest effects. 6. God's actions are most orderly. Nothing occurs without a determinable order. -- 7. That miracles conform to the general order, though counter to natural laws -- and how God permits evil but does not will it. -- 8. On the complete notion (concept) of an individual substance: the principal motive for the doctrine -- the philosophical conception of substance -- the problem of individuation -- Leibniz's early conception of individuation -- the complete notion of an individu -- 9. Several 'paradoxes' following from the complete notion And that 'each unique substance expresses the whole universe in its manner', that is, according to its unique degree of perfection. -- 10. That substantial forms have their place in physics, but not as explanations of the details of phenomena. -- 11. The Scholastics, who upheld substantial forms, are not to be despised entirely. -- 12. Critique of Descartes' conception of extension: that extension involves imaginary notions and therefore cannot constitute the substance of body. -- 13. On whether the complete notion entails a fatal necessity On distinctions between necessary and contingent propositions and consecutions -- on God's foreknowledge of future contingents -- on inclination without necessitation. -- 14. That God produces diverse substances, each of which uniquely expresses God's view of the universe, thus increasing the glory of God. That substances do not enter into causal relations, but God makes all of their actions correspond. -- 15. On the causal and moral implications of expression, perfection, and accommodation. |
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| spelling | Johns, Christopher, 1960- author, translator. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjxd8cMhfMcPfdjq9KY49C http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2013031393 Leibniz's discourse on metaphysics : a new translation and commentary / Christopher Johns. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2023] ©2023 1 online resource (xii, 348 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Introduction to Leibniz's life and work -- The seventeenth-century political, scientific, and intellectual background -- The Discourse in the context of Leibniz's life and work -- The provenance of the 'little discourse' -- Guide to the Akademie Edition, its variant-apparatus, and the present translation -- How to track the variants in the translation -- Why another English translation? -- Why a commentary? -- Summary of symbols used in the translation, footnotes, and commentary Topical summary of the Discourse on Metaphysics, by article -- Translation of the Discourse on Metaphysics -- Commentary on the Discourse on Metaphysics -- 1. On the very idea of an absolutely perfect being. -- 2. On the charge that moral goodness is arbitrary. -- 3. On those who say that God could have done better. -- 4. The love of God requires our complete satisfaction in him -- but this does not imply we should not strive to act for the best. -- 5. On the rules of perfection: the simplest means and the richest effects. 6. God's actions are most orderly. Nothing occurs without a determinable order. -- 7. That miracles conform to the general order, though counter to natural laws -- and how God permits evil but does not will it. -- 8. On the complete notion (concept) of an individual substance: the principal motive for the doctrine -- the philosophical conception of substance -- the problem of individuation -- Leibniz's early conception of individuation -- the complete notion of an individu -- 9. Several 'paradoxes' following from the complete notion And that 'each unique substance expresses the whole universe in its manner', that is, according to its unique degree of perfection. -- 10. That substantial forms have their place in physics, but not as explanations of the details of phenomena. -- 11. The Scholastics, who upheld substantial forms, are not to be despised entirely. -- 12. Critique of Descartes' conception of extension: that extension involves imaginary notions and therefore cannot constitute the substance of body. -- 13. On whether the complete notion entails a fatal necessity On distinctions between necessary and contingent propositions and consecutions -- on God's foreknowledge of future contingents -- on inclination without necessitation. -- 14. That God produces diverse substances, each of which uniquely expresses God's view of the universe, thus increasing the glory of God. That substances do not enter into causal relations, but God makes all of their actions correspond. -- 15. On the causal and moral implications of expression, perfection, and accommodation. 16. God's 'extraordinary concourse' is included in each individual notion, thus accounting for the compatibility of miracles with natural laws. A fresh translation and in-depth commentary of Leibniz's seminal text Discourse on Metaphysics. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed on May 22, 2023). English text, partially translated from the French. Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716. Discours de métaphysique. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85007605 Discours de métaphysique (Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von) fast Metaphysics. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084286 Métaphysique. metaphysics. aat Philosophy. bicssc Ethics & moral philosophy. bicssc Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900. bicssc PHILOSOPHY / Free Will & Determinism. bisacsh PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics. bisacsh Metaphysics fast has work: LEIBNIZ'S DISCOURSE ON METAPHYSICS (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCYWfpmTR4rRWqqVpm9kB6C https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Johns, Christopher. Leibniz's Discourse on metaphysics. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2023] 9781474457774 (OCoLC)1370616317 |
| spellingShingle | Johns, Christopher, 1960- Leibniz's discourse on metaphysics : a new translation and commentary / Introduction to Leibniz's life and work -- The seventeenth-century political, scientific, and intellectual background -- The Discourse in the context of Leibniz's life and work -- The provenance of the 'little discourse' -- Guide to the Akademie Edition, its variant-apparatus, and the present translation -- How to track the variants in the translation -- Why another English translation? -- Why a commentary? -- Summary of symbols used in the translation, footnotes, and commentary Topical summary of the Discourse on Metaphysics, by article -- Translation of the Discourse on Metaphysics -- Commentary on the Discourse on Metaphysics -- 1. On the very idea of an absolutely perfect being. -- 2. On the charge that moral goodness is arbitrary. -- 3. On those who say that God could have done better. -- 4. The love of God requires our complete satisfaction in him -- but this does not imply we should not strive to act for the best. -- 5. On the rules of perfection: the simplest means and the richest effects. 6. God's actions are most orderly. Nothing occurs without a determinable order. -- 7. That miracles conform to the general order, though counter to natural laws -- and how God permits evil but does not will it. -- 8. On the complete notion (concept) of an individual substance: the principal motive for the doctrine -- the philosophical conception of substance -- the problem of individuation -- Leibniz's early conception of individuation -- the complete notion of an individu -- 9. Several 'paradoxes' following from the complete notion And that 'each unique substance expresses the whole universe in its manner', that is, according to its unique degree of perfection. -- 10. That substantial forms have their place in physics, but not as explanations of the details of phenomena. -- 11. The Scholastics, who upheld substantial forms, are not to be despised entirely. -- 12. Critique of Descartes' conception of extension: that extension involves imaginary notions and therefore cannot constitute the substance of body. -- 13. On whether the complete notion entails a fatal necessity On distinctions between necessary and contingent propositions and consecutions -- on God's foreknowledge of future contingents -- on inclination without necessitation. -- 14. That God produces diverse substances, each of which uniquely expresses God's view of the universe, thus increasing the glory of God. That substances do not enter into causal relations, but God makes all of their actions correspond. -- 15. On the causal and moral implications of expression, perfection, and accommodation. Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716. Discours de métaphysique. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85007605 Discours de métaphysique (Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von) fast Metaphysics. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084286 Métaphysique. metaphysics. aat Philosophy. bicssc Ethics & moral philosophy. bicssc Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900. bicssc PHILOSOPHY / Free Will & Determinism. bisacsh PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics. bisacsh Metaphysics fast |
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| title_full | Leibniz's discourse on metaphysics : a new translation and commentary / Christopher Johns. |
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| topic | Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716. Discours de métaphysique. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85007605 Discours de métaphysique (Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von) fast Metaphysics. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084286 Métaphysique. metaphysics. aat Philosophy. bicssc Ethics & moral philosophy. bicssc Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900. bicssc PHILOSOPHY / Free Will & Determinism. bisacsh PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics. bisacsh Metaphysics fast |
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