Maria Rosa Antognazza

Leibniz

An Intellectual Biography

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Produktbeschreibung

Antognazza discusses the full range of interests and activities of Leibniz, providing a unified portrait of this unique thinker.

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This intellectual biography surveys Leibniz'ss interests and offers a portrait of a unique thinker, identifying the master project that inspired his huge range of endeavors.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 652
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 39mm
• Gewicht: 880g
• ISBN-13: 9781107627611
• ISBN-10: 1107627613
• Artikelnr.: 33623579

Autorenporträt

Maria Rosa Antognazza is Professor of Philosophy at King's College London. She is the author of Leibniz on the Trinity and the Incarnation: Reason and Revelation in the Seventeenth Century and has contributed to The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Philosophy.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Youthful Vocations (1646-76): 1. The birth of a vision: background, childhood, and education (July 1646-March 1667); 2. The vision broadens: Nuremberg, Frankfurt, and Mainz (March 1667-March 1672); 3. Old wine in new bottles: Paris, London, and Holland (March 1672-December 1676); Part II. Dreams and Reality (1676-1716): 4. A universal genius as librarian, historian, and mining engineer: Hanover and Lower Saxony (December 1676-October 1687); 5. In the footsteps of the Guelfs: southern Germany, Austria, and Italy (November 1687-June 1690); 6. Back under the Guelf Dukes: Hanover and Wolfenbüttel (June 1690-February 1698); 7. Between brother and sister: Hanover and Berlin (February 1698-February 1705); 8. Light and shadows: Hanover, Berlin, Wolfenbüttel, Vienna (February 1705-September 1714); 9. Epilogue: last years in Hanover (September 1714-November 1716).

Rezensionen

Reviews of the hardback: This is a superbly crafted and exhaustively researched account of the development of Leibniz's thought ... It is an extraordinary achievement, for the task of writing an intellectual biography of Leibniz is huge. This is a work of unparalleled scholarship that is certain to remain the standard source on its subject for many years to come.' Journal of the History of Philosophy