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The Discourse on Metaphysics ( French: Discours de métaphysique, 1686) is a short treatise by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in which he develops a philosophy concerning physical substance, motion and resistance of bodies, and God's role within the universe.
Discourse on Metaphysics G. W. Leibniz Sections 1–13 1. The most widely accepted and sharpest notion of God that we have can be expressed like this: God is an absolutely perfect being; but though this is widely accepted, its consequences haven’t been well enough thought out. As a start on exploring
Jun 27, 2024 · One of the most important philosophical works of the seventeenth century, Leibniz's Discourse on Metaphysics brings together key parts of his system: God's perfections, individual substances, the relation of substances to each other, physical laws, the nature of minds and material bodies, innate ideas and the degrees of knowledge, free will and ...
Feb 13, 2020 · The Discourse on Metaphysics, written around January 1686, is one of Leibniz’s fundamental works, since it is the most accomplished systematic expression of Leibniz’s philosophy in the 1680s, the time when Leibniz’s philosophy reached maturity.
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Jul 25, 2019 · Discourse on Metaphysics (1908) by Gottfried Leibniz, translated by George Redington Montgomery. →. information about this edition. sister projects: Wikipedia article, quotes, Wikidata item. Discours de métaphysique (1686) GP iv 427-463. METAPHYSICS. I. Concerning the divine perfection and that God does everything in the most desirable way.
Apr 25, 2023 · A fresh translation and in-depth commentary of Leibniz’s seminal text Discourse on Metaphysics. The first English translation based on the Akademie Edition. Provides extensive commentary on each of the 37 sections of the Discourse.
