Compare The Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence by Robert Gavin Alexander, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

In 1715 Leibniz wrote to his friend the Princess of Wales to warn her of the dangers Newton's philosophy posed for natural religion. Seizing this chance of initiating an exchange between the two greatest minds in Europe, the princess showed his letter to the eminent Newtonian scientist andnatural theologian, Samuel Clarke. From his reply developed an exchange of papers which was published in 1717. The correspondence was immediately seen as a crucial discussion of the significance of the new science, and it became one of the most widely read philosophical works of its time. In this edition, an introduction outlines the historical background, and there is a valuable survey of the subsequent discussions of the problem of space and time in the philosophy of science. Significant references to the controversy in Leibniz's other correspondence have also been collected, andthe relevant passages from Newton's Principia and Opticks are appended. | The Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence by Robert Gavin Alexander, Paperback | Indigo Chapters