Leibniz and Clarke: Correspondence (Hackett Publishing Co.) 9780872205246, 087220524X
For this new edition, Roger Ariew has adapted Samuel Clarke's edition of 1717, modernising it to reflect contempora
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Table of contents :
Contents......Page 3
Abbreviations......Page 4
Leibniz, Caroline, Newton, and Clarke......Page 5
Editor's Note......Page 12
To Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales......Page 15
Advertisement to the Reader......Page 17
Leibniz's First Letter, Being an Extract of a Letter Written in November, 1715......Page 18
Clarke's First Reply......Page 19
Leibniz's Second Letter, Being an Answer to Clarke's First Reply......Page 21
Clarke's Second Reply......Page 25
Leibniz's Third Letter, Being an Answer to Clarke's Second Reply......Page 28
Clarke's Third Reply......Page 32
Leibniz's Fourth Letter, Being an Answer to Clarke's Third Reply......Page 36
Clarke's Fourth Reply......Page 43
Leibniz's Fifth Letter, Being an Answer to Clarke's Fourth Reply......Page 50
Clarke's Fifth Reply......Page 80
A: Passages from Leibniz's Works That May Shed Light on Many Parts of the Previous Letters......Page 102
1. Principia, Scholium to Definitions......Page 109
2. Principia, General Scholium......Page 115
3. Optics, end of Query 31......Page 119
Contents......Page 3
Abbreviations......Page 4
Leibniz, Caroline, Newton, and Clarke......Page 5
Editor's Note......Page 12
To Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales......Page 15
Advertisement to the Reader......Page 17
Leibniz's First Letter, Being an Extract of a Letter Written in November, 1715......Page 18
Clarke's First Reply......Page 19
Leibniz's Second Letter, Being an Answer to Clarke's First Reply......Page 21
Clarke's Second Reply......Page 25
Leibniz's Third Letter, Being an Answer to Clarke's Second Reply......Page 28
Clarke's Third Reply......Page 32
Leibniz's Fourth Letter, Being an Answer to Clarke's Third Reply......Page 36
Clarke's Fourth Reply......Page 43
Leibniz's Fifth Letter, Being an Answer to Clarke's Fourth Reply......Page 50
Clarke's Fifth Reply......Page 80
A: Passages from Leibniz's Works That May Shed Light on Many Parts of the Previous Letters......Page 102
1. Principia, Scholium to Definitions......Page 109
2. Principia, General Scholium......Page 115
3. Optics, end of Query 31......Page 119
