Abstract

This fine, long-needed edition brings together a wide variety of Leibniz' philosophical writings, some of them translated into English for the first time. The individual pieces are arranged chronologically; the translations are smooth and, in a representative sampling, seem accurate. The editor has added explanatory introductions and copious notes to each selection, and has prefaced the whole with a helpful long essay summarizing and systematizing the Leibnizian philosophy. It is a pity that so important a work has been merely photographed from typescript, instead of being properly printed.--V. C. C.