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This volume tells the story of the legacy and impact of the great German polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716). Leibniz made significant contributions to many areas, including philosophy, mathematics, political and social theory, theology, and various sciences. The essays in this volume explores the effects of Leibniz's profound insights on subsequent generations of thinkers by tracing the ways in which his ideas have been defended and developed in the three centuries since his death. Each of the 11 essays is concerned with Leibniz's legacy and impact in a particular area, and between them they show not just the depth of Leibniz's talents but also the extent to which he shaped the various domains to which he contributed, and in some cases continues to shape them today. With essays written by experts such as Nicholas Jolley, Pauline Phemister, and Philip Beeley, this volume is essential reading not just for students of Leibniz but also for those who wish to understand the game-changing impact made by one of history's true universal geniuses.
Contents
Introduction:
Making Waves: Leibniz's Legacy and Impact
Lloyd Strickland and Julia Weckend
Part I: Early Receptions
Leibniz and the Royal Society Revisited
Philip Beeley
Staying Optimistic! The Trials and Tribulations of Leibnizian Optimism
Lloyd Strickland
On Leibniz and Hume - A Point of Contact
Julia Weckend
Kant's "True Apology for Leibniz"
Nicholas Jolley
Part II: Legacy in Science and Metaphysics
Leibnizian Conservation in d'Alembert's Traité de dynamique
Tzuchien Tho
Russian Leibnizianism
Frédéric Tremblay
Monkeys and Monads: The Unexpected Marriage between Darwinian Evolutionary Theory and Leibnizian Metaphysics
Jeremy Dunham
"The point of view is in the body": Leibnizian Perspectivism in Contemporary Anthropologies
Arnaud Pelletier
Part III: Impact in Law, Political Thought and Ecology
The Impact of Leibniz's Geometric Method for the Law
Christopher Johns
Leibniz and Political Thought
Douglas Moggach
Theoria cum praxi: Leibniz's Legacy into the Future
Pauline Phemister
