The Identity of Indiscernibles is a principle of analytic ontology first explicitly formulated by Wilhelm Gottfried Leibniz in his Discourse on Metaphysics, Section 9 (Loemker 1969: 308).It states that no two distinct things exactly resemble each other. Th ey are part of what I earlier called the mathematization of his metaphysics. How does Leibniz define “God” in Section 1? Discourse on Metaphysics and Other Essays contains complete translations of the two essays that constitute the best introductions to Leibniz's complex thought: Discourse on Metaphysics of 1686 and Monadology of 1714. page 58 note 1 See Wiener, p. 529 (The Principles of Nature and Grace, 1714); and, Discourse on Metaphysics , Sections 26, 30, 36. 53 Discourse on Metaphysics (1686) Summary of the Text The 'Discourse on Metaphysics' is the earliest expression of Leibniz's philosophical thought in anything like a systematic form. The most widely accepted and sharpest notion of God that we have can be expressed like this: God is an absolutely perfect being; but though this is widely accepted, its consequences haven’t been well enough thought out. Discourse on Metaphysics by Leibniz In the Discourse on Metaphysics by Leibniz he suggest that, "we maintain that everything that is to happen to some person is already contained virtually in his nature or notion, as properties of a circle are contained in its definition." 1. by George R. Montgomery by Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716 The summary of section 9 of Leibniz’s “Discourse on Metaphysics” tells us that “each singular substance expresses the whole universe in its own way, and that all its events, together with all their circumstances and the whole sequence of eternal things, are included in its notions”. In Section 8 of the Discourse on Metaphysics Leibniz says the following: It is indeed true that when several predicates are attributed to the same subject and this subject is not attributed to any other, it is called an individual substance; but this is not sufficient, and such an explanation is merely nominal. In this way, the complete notion encompasses all what is ever true of something, so that God "seeing the individual concept, or haecceity, of Alexander, 19 G.W. They are part of what I earlier called the mathematization of his metaphysics. This assertion raised a difficulty for Leibniz. As he says in section 13 of the Discourse on Metaphysics (1686), just as “God will always do the best, … a man shall always do … that which appears to him to be the best” (G IV, 438/A&G 46). Section 13 Section 14 Section 15 ... Discourse on Metaphysics | Section 5 : ... Leibniz offers some analogies to illustrate that God works in the most efficient manner possible. Discourse on Metaphysics and Other Essays contains complete translations of the two essays that constitute the best introduction to Leibniz's complete thought: 'Discourse on Metaphysics', a short course in his metaphysics, written in 1686 at the time his mature thought was just crystalising and 'Monadology' of 1714, a summary of Leibniz's mature metaphysics, written late in his long career. Leibniz views god as a perfect being and believes the universe consists in perfect, ordered harmony in accordance with reason. in Leibniz’s attempts at making clearer his metaphysics. Discourse on Metaphysics G. W. Leibniz Sections 1–13 1. These are supplemented with two essays of special interest to the student of modern philosophy, On the Ultimate Origination of Things of 1697 and the Preface to his New Essays … 2. Individuals and Worlds. Leibniz comes to this conclusion for reasons dealing with God's powers, but I will examine only the consequences of the view. Again he says ‘Truths do not depend upon names and are not arbitrary as some of our new philosophers think’” (Discourse on Metaphysics, Section 24). He posits that many substances exist, created by God. The second picture is used in section 30. The Discourse on Metaphysics is a short treatise by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in which he develops a philosophy concerning physical substance, motion and resistance of bodies, and God's role within the universe. Introduction: Leibniz is important for our contemporary situation because he presents a definitive philosophical theology for dealing with the typically modern problems, in particular problems associated with nihilism, solipsism, political biomedicine, the mechanist-materialist worldview, and the pervasiveness of digital media.
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