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Leibniz And Spinoza.
LEIBNIZ AND SPINOZA .
Lottres et Opuscules inedits de Leibniz , precedes d ' une Introduction , Par A . Eoucher de Careil . Paris : Ladrange , 1854 . Eefutation inedite de Spinoza par Leibniz , precede d ' un Memoire . Par A . Eoucher de Careil . Paris : Ladrange , 1854 . AMONG the illustrious men who brihtened with their
intelg lectual splendoiu' the close of the seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth century , there were none more remarkable than Leibniz . Equally distinguished for the extent and the accuracy of his acquirements , he stands before the world in the very first rank of mathematicians , of philosophers , of moralists , and of theologians ; and if he failed as a poet , it is perhaps the
most instructive proof on record of the truth of the axiom , non omnia possumus omnes . Superior to Newton in all besides , he combated with him on scarcely unequal terms as an astronomer , while his contest Avith Locke serves to show how amazing was his power , as well as how extraordinary was his erudition . The works of this great philosopher are now little studied , —not because they have lost one tittle of their importance , but because he is read in the whole history and framework of science and
metaphysics since his era . No man ever exerted an influence so extensive on his own time ; he may , indeed , be said to have modelled the whole spirit of his age , and that age has undoubtedly stamped with its own impress all the period that has followed ; the questions of predestination , free-will , the nature and properties of matter and spirit remain to this day much as
Leibniz has left them ; his arguments are perpetually put forth in new forms , and those usually esteemed the most original thinkers will be found consciously or unconsciously the most indebted to the great German philosopher . Of such a man even the slightest works are valuable ; and the recent discoveries of M . le Comte Eoucher cle Careil are
peexdiarly interesting , —not only because they probably complete the works of Leibniz , but because they solve a problem which began to be agitated soon after Ms death . It was said that in his declining years Leibniz had become a convert , though secretly , to the Roman Catholic faith j this was the assertion of one party ; others asserted that he had embraced the philosophy of Spinoza ; others , strangely enough , combined the two opinions ;
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Leibniz And Spinoza.
LEIBNIZ AND SPINOZA .
Lottres et Opuscules inedits de Leibniz , precedes d ' une Introduction , Par A . Eoucher de Careil . Paris : Ladrange , 1854 . Eefutation inedite de Spinoza par Leibniz , precede d ' un Memoire . Par A . Eoucher de Careil . Paris : Ladrange , 1854 . AMONG the illustrious men who brihtened with their
intelg lectual splendoiu' the close of the seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth century , there were none more remarkable than Leibniz . Equally distinguished for the extent and the accuracy of his acquirements , he stands before the world in the very first rank of mathematicians , of philosophers , of moralists , and of theologians ; and if he failed as a poet , it is perhaps the
most instructive proof on record of the truth of the axiom , non omnia possumus omnes . Superior to Newton in all besides , he combated with him on scarcely unequal terms as an astronomer , while his contest Avith Locke serves to show how amazing was his power , as well as how extraordinary was his erudition . The works of this great philosopher are now little studied , —not because they have lost one tittle of their importance , but because he is read in the whole history and framework of science and
metaphysics since his era . No man ever exerted an influence so extensive on his own time ; he may , indeed , be said to have modelled the whole spirit of his age , and that age has undoubtedly stamped with its own impress all the period that has followed ; the questions of predestination , free-will , the nature and properties of matter and spirit remain to this day much as
Leibniz has left them ; his arguments are perpetually put forth in new forms , and those usually esteemed the most original thinkers will be found consciously or unconsciously the most indebted to the great German philosopher . Of such a man even the slightest works are valuable ; and the recent discoveries of M . le Comte Eoucher cle Careil are
peexdiarly interesting , —not only because they probably complete the works of Leibniz , but because they solve a problem which began to be agitated soon after Ms death . It was said that in his declining years Leibniz had become a convert , though secretly , to the Roman Catholic faith j this was the assertion of one party ; others asserted that he had embraced the philosophy of Spinoza ; others , strangely enough , combined the two opinions ;