The Leibniz-des Bosses Correspondence Correspondence. Selections. English & Latin

This volume is a critical edition of the ten-year correspondence (1706-1716) between Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, one of Europe's most influential early modern thinkers, and Bartholomew Des Bosses, a Jesuit theologian who was keen to bring together Leibniz's philosophy and the Aristotelian philosophy and religious doctrines accepted by his order. The letters offer crucial insights into Leibniz’s final metaphysics and into the intellectual life of the eighteenth century. Brandon C. Look and Donald Rutherford present seventy-one of Leibniz's and Des Bosses's letters in the original Latin and in careful English translation. Few of the letters have been translated into English before. The editors also provide extensive annotations, deletions, and marginalia from Leibniz's various drafts, and a substantial introduction setting the context for the correspondence and analyzing the main philosophical issues. A Note On The Text And Translation -- The Role Of Correspondences -- The Search For Accord -- Leibniz And The Jesuits : China And The Universal Church -- Jansenism -- The Metaphysics Of Substance -- The Union Of Soul And Body -- Composition And The Unity Of Corporeal Substance -- The Problem Of Transubstantiation -- Leibniz On Transubstantiation And The Vinculum Substantiale -- Leibniz's Final Metaphysics : Idealism Or Realism? -- The Leibnizdes- Bosses Correspondence -- Des Bosses To Leibniz, 25 January 1706 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 2 February 1706 -- Des Dosses To Leibniz, 12 February 1706 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 14 February 1706 -- Des Dosses To Leibniz, 2 March 1706 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 11 March 1706 -- Des Bosses To Leibniz, 21 May 1706 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 11 July 1706 -- Des Bosses To Leibniz, 20 August 1706 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 1 September 1706 -- Des Bosses To Leibniz, 17 September 1706 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 20 September 1706 -- Des Bosses To Leibniz, 29 September 1706 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 4 October 1706 -- Des Bosses To Leibniz, 14 October 1706 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 16 October 1706 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 5 February 1707 -- Des Bosses To Leibniz, 25 June 1707 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 21 July 1707 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 3 September 1708 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 12 September 1708 -- Des Bosses To Leibniz, 5 October 1708 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, Mid-october 1708 -- Des Bosses To Leibniz, 14 February 1709 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 16 March 1709 -- Des Bosses To Leibniz 22 April 1709 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 30 April 1709 -- Des Bosses To Leibniz, 30 July 1709 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 31 July 1709 -- Des Bosses To Leibniz, 6 September 1709 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 8 September 1709 -- Des Dosses To Leibniz, 18 January 1710 -- Des Dosses To Leibniz, 25 March 1710 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 2 May 1710 -- Des Bosses To Leibniz, 14 June 1710 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 2 July 1710 -- Des Bosses To Leibniz, 18 July 1710 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 4 August 1710 -- Des Dosses To Leibniz, 11 October 1710 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 7 November 1710 -- Des Bosses To Leibniz, 6 January 1711 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 8 February 1711 -- Des Bosses To Leibniz, 25 April 1711 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 8 July 1711 -- Des Bosses To Leibniz, 18 August 1711 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 7 September 1711 -- Des Bosses To Leibniz, 28 January 1712 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 15 February 1712 -- Des Dosses To Leibniz, 20 May 1712 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 26 May 1712 -- Des Bosses To Leibniz, 12 June 1712 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 16 June 1712 -- Des Bosses To Leibniz, 28 August 1712 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 20 September 1712 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 10 October 1712 -- Des Bosses To Leibniz, 12 December 1712 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 24 January 1713 -- Des Bosses To Leibniz, 8 August 1713 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 23 August 1713 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 10 January 1714 -- Des Bosses To Leibniz, 22 March 1714 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 21 April 1714 -- Des Bosses To Leibniz, 20 September 1714 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 15 March 1715 -- Des Bosses To Leibniz, 6 April 1715 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 29 April 1715 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 30 June 1715 -- Des Bosses To Leibniz, 20 July 1715 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 19 August 1715 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 13 January 1716 -- Leibniz To Des Bosses, 29 May 1716. G.w. Leibniz ; Translated, Edited, And With An Introduction By Brandon C. Look And Donald Rutherford. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 455-461) And Indexes. This volume is a critical edition of the ten-year correspondence (1706-1716) between Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, one of Europe's most influential early modern thinkers, and Bartholomew Des Bosses, a Jesuit theologian who was keen to bring together Leibniz's philosophy and the Aristotelian philosophy and religious doctrines accepted by his order. The letters offer crucial insights into Leibniz's final metaphysics and into the intellectual life of the eighteenth century. Brandon C. Look and Donald Rutherford present 71 of Leibniz's and Des Bosses' letters in the original Latin and in careful English translation. Few of the letters have been translated into English before. The editors also provide extensive annotations, deletions, and marginalia from Leibniz's various drafts, and a substantial introduction setting the context for the correspondence and analysing the main philosophical issues Contents 5 Preface 9 Abbreviations 13 A Note on the Texts and Translation 15 Introduction 19 The Leibniz–Des Bosses Correspondence. Part 1 81 The Leibniz–Des Bosses Correspondence. Part 2 269 Appendix: Catalogue of the Leibniz–Des Bosses Correspondence 461 Notes 469 Bibliography 535 Index of Names 543 Index of Subjects 550