Leibniz : body, substance, monad /
Daniel Garber presents a study of Leibniz's conception of the physical world, elucidating his puzzling metaphysics of monads, mind-like simple substances. Tracing the development of Leibniz's thought, Garber shows how dealing with problems about the physical world lead him to a world of an...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Daniel Garber presents a study of Leibniz's conception of the physical world, elucidating his puzzling metaphysics of monads, mind-like simple substances. Tracing the development of Leibniz's thought, Garber shows how dealing with problems about the physical world lead him to a world of animate creatures, and to a world of monads. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 428 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-411) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191570629 0191570621 9780199566648 019956664X 9780191722035 0191722030 |