Leibniz?s political and ethical writing long has been neglected, and with this new edition Professor Riley makes available the most representative pieces from Leibniz?s political theory. This new edition, specially prepared for this series, is the first to make a considerable number of Leibniz?s wri[...]

G.W. Leibniz's "Monadology," one of the most important pieces of the Leibniz corpus, is at once one of the great classics of modern philosophy and one of its most puzzling productions. Because the essay is written in so condensed and compact a fashion, for almost three centuries it has baffled and b[...]

This book gathers together for the first time an important body of texts written between 1672 and 1686 by the great German philosopher and polymath Gottfried Leibniz. These writings, most of them previously untranslated, represent Leibniz's sustained attempt on a problem whose solution was crucial t[...]

Discourse on Metaphysics and Other Essays contains complete translations of the two essays that constitute the best introduction to Leibniz's complete thought: 'Discourse on Metaphysics', a short course in his metaphysics, written in 1686 at the time his mature thought was just crystalising and 'Mon[...]

In order to be truly free, must you act arbitrarily? If an event did not happen, could it have happened? Since there is evil, and God could have made the world without evil, did God fail to pick the best course? Grappling with such simple--yet still intriguing--puzzles, Leibniz was able to present a[...]

Gottfried Wilhem Leibniz (1646-1716) oli filosofian rationalistisen perinteen huipentaja ja äärimmäisen tuottelias universaalioppinut. Hänen omat tieteelliset aloitteensa, keskeneräisetkin, olivat usein paljon aikaansa edellä. Filosofisia tutkielmia sisältää Leibnizin tärkeimmät metafyysi[...]

Translated by Roger Ariew ansd Daniel Garber.