Principles of Nature and Grace
by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz · Principes de la nature et de la grâce fondés en raison
Assigned by 1 of the 9 reading lists, catalogue entry only
- Written
- 1714
- Form
- Treatise
- Language
- French
- Length
- Short · 10 ppunder 120 pages
- Difficulty
- Demanding3 of 5 for a first-year reader
We recommendDiscourse on Metaphysics and Other Essays, translated by Daniel Garber and Roger AriewHackett, 1991Prints this short summary next to the Monadology it was written alongside.
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A short summary of Leibniz's system in eighteen paragraphs, written in 1714 for Prince Eugene of Savoy as a companion to the Monadology. It introduces monads and their perceptions, distinguishes souls from minds, and states the principle of sufficient reason before asking why there is something rather than nothing. The answer is God, who has chosen the most perfect world, and the essay closes with the moral world of minds as a City of God under nature and grace.
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