Abstract
The popularity of Leibniz in recent years gives an added interest to this new critical edition of the masterly epitome of the great philosopher's views. A running commentary accompanies each paragraph of Prof. Carr's translation, and illuminates the condensed thought of the “Monadology”. The elucidations of Leibniz himself on the origin and meaning of the theory of monads, on the reform of the ontological argument, on the definition of matter, on the nature of free-will and the theory of pre-established harmony, together with Prof. Carr's supplementary essays on the monadology, are a useful help to the understanding of this work, which is but a small part of Leibniz's philosophy.
The Monadology of Leibniz: with an Introduction, Commentary and Supplementary Essays.
Dr.
Herbert Wildon
Carr
By. Pp. ix + 213. (London: The Favil Press, 1930.) 10s. net.
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G., T. The Monadology of Leibniz: with an Introduction, Commentary and Supplementary Essays . Nature 128, 136 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128136c0
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