Author:Gottfried Leibniz
Polymathic genius, with major contributions to mathematics, physics, philosophy, theology, and early computer science; independent inventor of calculus in mathematics; inventor of energy and the action principle in physics; diplomat, librarian; worked in vain towards reunification of Catholic and Protestant faiths
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
WorksEdit
- Confessio philosophi (1673)
- Discourse on Metaphysics (1686)
- De ipsa natura (1698)
- Theodicy (1710) external link
- Monadology (1714)
- A system of theology (1850), translated by Charles William Russell external link
- New essays concerning human understanding (1916) external link
- The philosophical works of Leibnitz (1890), translated by George Martin Duncan external link
LettersEdit
- 1671, October 5: Letter to Benedictus de Spinoza
- 1671, November 9: Letter from Benedictus de Spinoza
Works about LeibnizEdit
- Leibniz's New Essays Concerning the Human Understanding (1888), by Dewey, John
- "Life and Philosophy of Leibnitz" by Alexander Campbell Fraser, in Essays in Philosophy (1856).
- "Gottfried Wilhem von Leibnitz" in The Atlantic Monthly, 2 (1) (1858), by Frederic Henry Hedge
- Leibniz (1884), by John Theodore Merz
- "Leibniz Rewritten" in The Nation, Vol. 69 No. 1779 (Aug. 3, 1899), by Charles Sanders Peirce
- A Critical Exposition of the Philosophy of Leibniz (1900), by Bertrand Russell (external scan)
- "Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- Leibniz as a Politician (1911) by Adolphus William Ward
Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1928, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.