Leibniz's political and ethical writing long has been neglected, and with this new edition Professor Riley makes available the most representative pieces from L

In this new edition, Professor Riley makes available the most representative pieces from Leibniz's political theory.

A new understanding of the foundations of Gottfried Leibniz's moral and political philosophy based on formal deontic principles rather than consequentialism.

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) was hailed by Bertrand Russell as 'one of the supreme intellects of all time'. A towering figure in seventeenth-century ph

Although Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz is best known as a metaphysician, mathematician, and logician, he arguably used the word "China" in his voluminous writings a