Talk:Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

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Secondary literature

Modern biographies in English are Aiton (1985) and Antognazza (2008). An 1845 English biography by John M. Mackie is available on Google Books. A lively short account of Leibniz’s life, one also taking a critical approach to his philosophy, is Mates (1986: 14–35), who cites the German biographies extensively. Also see MacDonald Ross (1984: chpt. 1), the chapter by Ariew in Jolley (1995), and Jolley (2005: chpt. 1). For a biographical glossary of Leibniz's intellectual contemporaries, see Leibniz, Philosophical Essays. Translated and edited by Roger Ariew and Dan Garber. Indianapolis: Hackett, 1989, pp. 350-357.

For a first introduction to Leibniz's thought, see the Introduction of any anthology of his writings in English translation, e.g., Wiener (1951), Loemker (1969a), Woolhouse and Francks (1998). Then turn to the monographs MacDonald Ross (1984), and Jolley (2005). For an introduction to Leibniz's metaphysics, see the chapters by Mercer, Rutherford, and Sleigh in Jolley (1995); see Mercer (2001) for an advanced study. For an introduction to those aspects of Leibniz's thought of most value to the philosophy of logic and of language, see Jolley (1995, chpts. 7, 8); Mates (1986) is more advanced. MacRae (Jolley 1995: chpt. 6) discusses Leibniz's theory of knowledge. For glossaries of the philosophical terminology recurring in Leibniz's writings and the secondary literature, see Woolhouse and Francks (1998: 285–93) and Jolley (2005: 223–29).

Introductory:

• Jolley, Nicholas, 2005. Leibniz. Routledge.
• MacDonald Ross, George, 1984. Leibniz. Oxford Univ. Press.
• W. W. Rouse Ball, 1908. A Short Account of the History of Mathematics, 4th ed. (see Discussion)

Intermediate:

• Aiton, Eric J., 1985. Leibniz: A Biography. Hilger (UK).
• Antognazza, Maria Rosa, 2008. Leibniz: An Intellectual Biography. Cambridge Univ. Press.
• Brown, Gregory, 2004, "Leibniz's Endgame and the Ladies of the Courts," Journal of the History of Ideas 65: 75–100.
• Hall, A. R., 1980. Philosophers at War: The Quarrel between Newton and Leibniz. Cambridge Univ. Press.
• Hostler, J., 1975. Leibniz's Moral Philosophy. UK: Duckworth.
• Jolley, Nicholas, ed., 1995. The Cambridge Companion to Leibniz. Cambridge Univ. Press.
• LeClerc, Ivor, ed., 1973. The Philosophy of Leibniz and the Modern World. Vanderbilt Univ. Press.
• Loemker, Leroy, 1969a, "Introduction" to his Leibniz: Philosophical Papers and Letters. Reidel: 1–62.
• Luchte, James, 2006, 'Mathesis and Analysis: Finitude and the Infinite in the Monadology of Leibniz,' London: Heythrop Journal.
• Arthur O. Lovejoy, 1957 (1936). "Plenitude and Sufficient Reason in Leibniz and Spinoza" in his The Great Chain of Being. Harvard Uni. Press: 144–82. Reprinted in Frankfurt, H. G., ed., 1972. Leibniz: A Collection of Critical Essays. Anchor Books.
• MacDonald Ross, George, 1999, "Leibniz and Sophie-Charlotte" in Herz, S., Vogtherr, C.M., Windt, F., eds., Sophie Charlotte und ihr Schloß. München: Prestel: 95–105. English translation.
• Perkins, Franklin, 2004. Leibniz and China: A Commerce of Light. Cambridge Univ. Press.
• Riley, Patrick, 1996. Leibniz's Universal Jurisprudence: Justice as the Charity of the Wise. Harvard Univ. Press.
• Strickland, Lloyd, 2006. Leibniz Reinterpreted. Continuum: London and New York

Advanced

• Adams, Robert M., 1994. Leibniz: Determinist, Theist, Idealist. Oxford Uni. Press.
• Bueno, Gustavo, 1981. Introducción a la Monadología de Leibniz. Oviedo: Pentalfa.
• Louis Couturat, 1901. La Logique de Leibniz. Paris: Felix Alcan. Donald Rutherford's English translation in progress.
• Ishiguro, Hide, 1990 (1972). Leibniz's Philosophy of Logic and Language. Cambridge Univ. Press.
• Lenzen, Wolfgang, 2004. "Leibniz's Logic," in Gabbay, D., and Woods, J., eds., Handbook of the History of Logic, Vol. 3. North Holland: 1–84.
• Mates, Benson, 1986. The Philosophy of Leibniz: Metaphysics and Language. Oxford Univ. Press.
• Mercer, Christia, 2001. Leibniz's metaphysics: Its Origins and Development. Cambridge Univ. Press.
• Robinet, André, 2000. Architectonique disjonctive, automates systémiques et idéalité transcendantale dans l'oeuvre de G.W. Leibniz: Nombreux textes inédits. Vrin
• Rutherford, Donald, 1998. Leibniz and the Rational Order of Nature. Cambridge Univ. Press.
• Wilson, Catherine, 1989. Leibniz's Metaphysics. Princeton Univ. Press.
• Woolhouse, R. S., ed., 1993. G. W. Leibniz: Critical Assessments, 4 vols. Routledge. A remarkable one-stop collection of many valuable articles.

Online bibliography by Gregory Brown.

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• Ariew, R; Garber, D (1989), Leibniz: Philosophical Essays, Hackett {{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |Authorlink1= (help)
• Bennett, Jonathan. Various texts.
• Cook, Daniel, and Rosemont, Henry Jr., 1994. Leibniz: Writings on China. Open Court.
• Dascal, Marcelo, 1987. Leibniz: Language, Signs and Thought. John Benjamins.
• Loemker, Leroy (1969), Leibniz: Philosophical Papers and Letters, Reidel {{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |Authorlink= (help)
• Martin, R.N.D., and Brown, Stuart, 1988. Discourse on Metaphysics and Related Writings. St. Martin's Press.
• Parkinson, G.H.R., 1966. Leibniz: Logical Papers. Oxford Uni. Press.
• ———, and Morris, Mary, 1973. 'Leibniz: Philosophical Writings. London: J M Dent & Sons.
• Riley, Patrick, 1988 (1972). Leibniz: Political Writings. Cambridge Uni. Press.
• Strickland, Lloyd, 2006. Shorter Leibniz Texts. Continuum Books. Online.
• Wiener, Philip (1951), Leibniz: Selections, Scribner {{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |Place= (help) Regrettably out of print and lacks index.
• Woolhouse, R.S., and Francks, R., 1998. Leibniz: Philosophical Texts. Oxford Uni. Press.

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The Great Vowel Shift

Great Vowel Shift:

The Great Vowel Shift was a series of changes in the pronunciation of the English language that took place primarily between 1400 and 1700, beginning in southern England and today having influenced effectively all dialects of English. Through this vowel shift, the pronunciation of all Middle English long vowels was changed. Some consonant sounds changed as well, particularly those that became silent; the term Great Vowel Shift is sometimes used to include these consonant changes. The standardization of English spelling began in the 15th and 16th centuries, and the Great Vowel Shift is the major reason English spellings now often deviate considerably from how they represent pronunciations. The Great Vowel Shift was first studied by Otto Jespersen, a Danish linguist and Anglicist, who coined the term. 79.71.78.155 (talk) 13:59, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

...this is probably not the right place to put that. ♘ME_isSCAMMER 19:26, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

"Von"

I just noticed that note [b] in the article says that Leibniz never attached "von" to his name but later on, at the end of the "Early life" section, it says that he frequently introduced himself as Gottfried von Leibniz as an adult. What's going on here? ♘ME_isSCAMMER 19:31, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

I'll have to take a look at the citation for the second claim. I suspect what the note at the beginning means is that Leibniz never added "von" to his name in writing or any official capacity, but I'm not sure. I'll make an edit if I can figure it out. ChristopherPtak (talk) 00:18, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

Wrong spelling on engraving

I think that single engraving where the family name is misspelled is not a justification or proof that it should be spelled like that in French. (Obviously, the given names are the common French variants of these, but that's unrelated to the family name. BTW, the French WP page fr:Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz says "parfois francisé en Godefroid-Guillaume Leibniz"...) — MFH:Talk 15:42, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

A Dream of Socrates

I would like to write some extra information but to enquire opinions from the fixtures of Wikipedia before the admixture.

I have a Finnish chapter called Antiikin Kulttuuri Historia (the Culture History of Antiquity, 1980) where some intriguing claims concerning Leibniz: the text can be translated something like this:

"Instead Leibniz whose recreations reached abroad (inter alia for the linguistics), was orienteted himself onto Antiquity, likewise of Greek.

The exatc sciences were already waived of for the uncritical faith regarding the mathematicians and natural scientists. Therefore Descartes plus Newton hardly utilized the sources of the Antiquity for their opusses.

Leibniz is apparently the last significant (quantum) scientist, who regarded lean himself on directly to the tradition of the Antiquity."

After the Beginning of Infinity by David Deutchs, Wikipedia should introduce these knowledge, after the commentary, critique plus improvements... Kartasto (talk) 04:14, 16 September 2023 (UTC)