Collection The classical authors
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German philosopher and mathematician, 1646-1716
Works
- Discourse on Metaphysics (Discours de métaphysique, 1686). Published in 1846.
- Dissertation on the Art of Combinations (Dissertatio de arte combinatoria, 1666)
- The Leibniz–Clarke Correspondence (1715-1716). Published by Samuel Clarke in 1717.
- Meditations on Knowledge, Truth, and Ideas (Meditationes de cognitione, veritate et ideis, 1684)
- Monadology (1714). Published in German in 1720 and in Latin in 1721.
- New Essays on Human Understanding (Nouveaux essais sur l'entendement humain, 1704). A reply to Locke; published in 1765.
- A New Method for Maxima and Minima (Nova methodus pro maximis et minimis, 1684). The first publication of the differential calculus.
- New System of the Nature and Communication of Substances (Système nouveau de la nature et de la communication des substances, 1695)
- Principles of Nature and Grace, Based on Reason (Principes de la nature et de la grâce fondés en raison, 1714). Published in 1718.
- Theodicy (Essais de théodicée, 1710)