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Gottfried LEIBNIZ (1646-1716)

A. English editions of Leibniz's works

Discourse on Metaphysics, Correspondence with Arnauld, and Monadology
ed., tr., G.R. Montgomery (Chicago: Open Court, 1916)
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Monadology and other writings
(incl: New system, On the ultimate origination of things, Principles of nature and grace)
ed., tr., Robert Latta (Oxford, 1898)
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Philosophical Works (2nd ed.)
ed., tr., George Martin Duncan (New Haven: TM&T, 1908)
incl: Notes on Spinoza's Ethics,
  Meditationes...,
  Animadversions...Descartes,
  New system,
  On the ultimate origin of things,
  On nature itself,
  Refutation of Spinoza,
  Principles of nature and of grace,
  Monadology,
  letters to Clarke,
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New essays concerning human understanding
ed., tr., A.G. Langley (Chicago: Open Court, 1916)
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Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence
ed., tr., Samuel Clarke (London, 1717)
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A Refutation of Spinoza by Leibniz
ed., Foucher de Careil; tr., O.F. Owen (Edinburgh, 1855)
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The Early Mathematical Manuscripts of Leibniz
ed., tr., James Mark Child (Chicago: Open Court, 1920)
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B. Gerhardt editions


I. Philosophische Schriften (Weidmann; Berlin 1875-90)

Bd. I (Berlin, 1875) -- Briefwechsel: Thomasius, Spinoza, Molanus, Malebranche, Foucher
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Bd. II (Berlin, 1879) -- Briefwechsel: von Hessen-Rheinfels & Arnauld, de Volder, des Bosses, Nicaise
[googlebooks] [pdf] (unavailable for download)

Bd. III (Berlin, 1887) -- Briefwechsel (various)
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Bd. IV (Berlin, 1880)
philosophische Abhandlungen (1663-1671), incl:
  Disputatio metaphysica de principio individui
  Dissertatio de arte combinatoria
  Confessio naturae contra Atheistas
  Defensio trinitatis
  Hypothesis physica nova
  Theoria motus abstractii
Gegen Descartes und den Cartesianismus
philosophische Abhandlungen (1684-1703), incl:
  Meditationes de cognitione, veritate, et ideis
  Discours de metaphysique
  System nouveau
  De ipsa natura
  Eclaircissement...Bayle
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Bd. V (Berlin, 1882) -- Leibniz und Locke
Nouveaux Essais sur l'Entendement par l'Auteur de systeme de l'harmonie preestablie
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Bd. VI (Berlin, 1885)
Essais de Theodicee
Causa dei
Philosophische Abhandlungen (1702-1716), incl:
  Lettres a Koenigin Sophie Charlotte
  Principes de la Nature et de la Grace, fondes en raison
  Monadologie
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Bd. VII (Berlin, 1890)
scientia generalis, characteristica;
philosophische Abhandlungen, incl:
  De synthesi et analysi universali seu Arte inveniendi et judicandi;
  De rerum originatione radicali
Leibniz-Clarke
Ergaenzungen zu den Correspondenzen
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II. Mathematische Schriften (Berlin, von Asher und Comp.; Halle, von Schmidt)

Bde. I-II (Berlin, 1849) -- Briefwechsel: Oldenburg, Collins, Newton, Galloys, Vitale Giordano; Hugens, de l'Hopital
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Bd. III (Halle, 1855) -- Briefwechsel: Jacob, Johann, und Nicolaus Bernoulli
Erste Abteilung
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Zweite Abteilung
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Bd. IV (Halle, 1859) -- Briefwechsel: Wallis, Varignon, Guido Grandi, Zendrini, Hermann, und von Tschirnhaus
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Bd. V (Halle, 1858) -- Abhandlungen I: de arte combinatoria, etc.
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Bd. VI (Halle, 1860) -- Abhandlungen II: dynamica
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Bd. VII (Halle, 1863) -- Abhandlungen III: initia, mathesis universalis, arithmetica, algebraica, geometrica
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Der Briefwechsel von Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz mit Mathematikern
ed., Gerhardt (Berlin, 1899)
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C. Couturat


Opuscules et fragments inédits de Leibniz
ed., Louis Couturat; Paris: F. Alcan, 1903
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La logique de Leibniz: d'après des documents inédits
Louis Couturat; Paris: F. Alcan, 1901
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