Leibniz's 'Ne System' and Associated Contemporary Texts [Paperback]

Gathered here for the first time are all the key texts in a crucial debate in modern philosophy, centred on Leibniz's famous 1695 essay, the New System of the Nature of Substances and their Communication, in which he introduced his strikingly original theory of metaphysics. All the texts are newly translated and extensively annotated; many appear in English for the first time.

1. Introduction
2. Leibniz: The 'New System of the Nature of Substances'
3. Leibniz and Simon Foucher
4. Leibniz and Henri Basnage de Beauval
5. Leibniz and Pierre Bayle
6. Leibniz and Francois Lamy
7. Leibniz and Isaac Jaquelot
8. Leibniz and Damaris Masham
9. Leibniz and Pierre Desmaizeaux
10. Leibniz and Rene Joseph de Tournemine