Discourse on Metaphysics
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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 th
First page of the original manuscript of Leibniz's Discourse on Metaphysics, composed in 1686
17th century in philosophy
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This is a timeline of philosophy in the 17th century.
Discourse on Metaphysics
…made the controversial claim That the opinions of... scholastic philosophers are not to be wholly despised (XI). Early work in modern philosophy during the 17th century were based on a rejection of many of the precepts of medieval philosophy. Leibniz saw the failures of scholasticism merely as one of rigor. [If] some…
Giordano Bruno being burned at stake, engraved by Camille Flammarion.