Leibniz: New Essays on Human Understanding
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
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Description for Leibniz: New Essays on Human Understanding
Paperback. A classic edition, newly revised, of Leibniz's great discussion of Locke. Editor(s): Remnant, Peter; Bennett, Jonathan. Series Editor(s): Ameriks, Karl; Clarke, Desmond M. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. Num Pages: 528 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 806.
In the New Essays on Human Understanding, Leibniz argues chapter by chapter with John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding, challenging his views about knowledge, personal identity, God, morality, mind and matter, nature versus nurture, logic and language, and a host of other topics. The work is a series of sharp, deep discussions by one great philosopher of the work of another. Leibniz's references to his contemporaries and his discussions of the ideas and institutions of the age make this a fascinating and valuable document in the history of ideas. The work was originally written in French, and the version by ... Read more
In the New Essays on Human Understanding, Leibniz argues chapter by chapter with John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding, challenging his views about knowledge, personal identity, God, morality, mind and matter, nature versus nurture, logic and language, and a host of other topics. The work is a series of sharp, deep discussions by one great philosopher of the work of another. Leibniz's references to his contemporaries and his discussions of the ideas and institutions of the age make this a fascinating and valuable document in the history of ideas. The work was originally written in French, and the version by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521576604
SKU
V9780521576604
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