Living mirrors : infinity, unity, and life in Leibniz's philosophy /
This work presents Leibniz's view of infinity and the central role it plays in his theory of living beings.
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2019]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: what does infinity have to do with life?
- Introducing the main characters: a conceptual outline of Leibniz's approach to infinity
- Leibniz in Paris: between infinite number and infinite being
- Leibniz reads Spinoza: different senses and different degrees of infinity
- Infinity and unity: mathematics and metaphysics
- Infinity and life: a sketch of Leibniz's development
- Animate and inanimate things, natural and artificial machines
- Living mirrors and mites: Leibniz and Pascal
- Created beings as infinite and limited
- Monads at the bottom, monads at the top, monads all over
- Life and force
- Conclusion: the re-enchantment of nature.