Discourse on Metaphysics and Other Essays by G.W. Leibniz

Discourse on Metaphysics and Other Essays contains complete translations of the two essays that constitute the best introductions to Leibniz’s complex thought: “Discourse on Metaphysics” of 1686 and “Monadology” of 1714. These are supplemented with two essays of special interest to the student of modern philosophy, “On the Ultimate Origination of Things” of 1697 and the Preface to his New Essays of 1703-1705.