Author:Gottfried Leibniz

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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716)

See biography, media, quotes, indexes. Polymathic genius, with major contributions to mathematics, physics, philosophy, theology, and early computer science; independent inventor of calculus in mathematics; inventor of energy and the action principle in physics; diplomat, librarian; worked in vain towards reunification of Catholic and Protestant faiths.

[edit] Works

• (1673) Confessio philosophi
• (1686) Discourse on Metaphysics
• (1698) De ipsa natura
• (1710) Theodicy
• (1714) Monadology

[edit] Works about Leibniz

• Dewey, John. Leibniz's New Essays Concerning the Human Understanding (1888).
• Fraser, Alexander Campbell. "Life and Philosophy of Leibnitz" in Essays in Philosophy (1856).
• Hedge, Frederic H. "Gottfried Wilhem von Leibnitz" in The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 2 No. 1 (1858).
• Merz, John Theodore. Leibniz (1884).
• Russell, Bertrand. A Critical Exposition of the Philosophy of Leibniz (1900). [1]
• Sorley, William Ritchie. "Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm" in Encyclopædia Britannica (1911).

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.