The editors of this work compiled all the articles Leibniz published in his lifetime, which are more than 160, in order to present them as a reprint in these three volumes. Leibniz' scientific and philosophical activity and the image of his works in the public were essentially determined by the articles which were printed in contemporary periodicals. Indeed, Leibniz only published - apart from scholarly texts of the political and historical kind - his early work Dissertatio de arte combinatoria (1666) and the Essais de Théodicée (1710) in a separate edition. Therefore a collection of the complete corpus of Leibniz' articles proves to be extremely important for historical and interpretative questions. Only by a detailed analysis of these texts the depiction of Leibniz' self-image, which he presented to his contemporaries and thus to all of the European culture for almost half a century, will be possible. On several occasions Leibniz called an anthology of his articles the most suitable means to remedy the lack of that systematic description of his thought which several people were insistently demanding.
La pubblicazione raccoglie per la prima volta in un corpus unico i saggi scientifici e filosofici pubblicati da G. W. Leibniz durante la sua vita. Il filosofo diede alle stampe un numero di opere limitato, ma il suo lascito di inediti e di manoscritti fu amplissimo e iniziò ad essere pubblicato subito dopo la sua morte nel 1716, senza essere ancor oggi interamente edito. Gli articoli di Leibniz sulle riviste scientifiche ed erudite documentano le sue competenze enciclopediche così come la sua sconfinata curiosità intellettuale, e ci trasmettono l'immagine di sé stesso che Leibniz volle offrire ai suoi contemporanei. I volumi sono il risultato di ricerche svolte nel corso degli anni in varie biblioteche europee, rese possibili grazie anche alle risorse messe a disposizione dall'ILIESI e profittando degli accordi tra il Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR, Roma) e la Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, Bonn).
G. W. Leibniz. Essais scientifiques et philosophiques. Les articles publiés dans les journaux savants
A Lamarra;R Palaia
2005
Abstract
The editors of this work compiled all the articles Leibniz published in his lifetime, which are more than 160, in order to present them as a reprint in these three volumes. Leibniz' scientific and philosophical activity and the image of his works in the public were essentially determined by the articles which were printed in contemporary periodicals. Indeed, Leibniz only published - apart from scholarly texts of the political and historical kind - his early work Dissertatio de arte combinatoria (1666) and the Essais de Théodicée (1710) in a separate edition. Therefore a collection of the complete corpus of Leibniz' articles proves to be extremely important for historical and interpretative questions. Only by a detailed analysis of these texts the depiction of Leibniz' self-image, which he presented to his contemporaries and thus to all of the European culture for almost half a century, will be possible. On several occasions Leibniz called an anthology of his articles the most suitable means to remedy the lack of that systematic description of his thought which several people were insistently demanding.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
