Leibniz's Collected Works, Volume 1, New Edition (8) Early Philosophy

What is truth? What is knowledge? What are ideas? The origins of the philosophy of "expression"

During the 17th and 18th centuries, when extreme mechanistic theories were widespread and atheism was on the rise, ideological confusion was at its height. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) served as a court advisor throughout his life, while also engaging in all academic fields and honing his unique worldview. This collection centers on "Metaphysical Discourse" and "Correspondence with Arnauld," which reveal his philosophy of "expression," and includes short works written up to 1702, such as "Reflections on Knowledge, Truth, and Ideas" and "Considerations on the Theory of a One Universal Mind."

[Table of Contents] Dialogue: What is the concept of the connection between things and words, and the reality of truth? Reflections on knowledge, truth, and ideas Explanatory principles of the laws of nature Twenty-four propositions On how to distinguish real from imaginary phenomena A new theory on the nature of substances, their interactions with one another, and the mind-body connection On the fundamental origin of things On that which is independent of sensation and matter Reflections on the theory of a single universal mind Metaphysical discourse Correspondence with Arnauld