{"product_id":"leibniz-political-writings-paperback-9780521358996","title":"Leibniz: Political Writings (Paperback) 9780521358996","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLeibniz: Political Writings\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn this new edition, Professor Riley makes available the most representative pieces from Leibniz's political theory.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (Author), Patrick Riley (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521358996, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 10 November 1988\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e262 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eLeibniz's political and ethical writing long has been neglected, and with this new edition Professor Riley makes available the most representative pieces from Leibniz's political theory. This new edition, specially prepared for this series, is the first to make a considerable number of Leibniz's writings available in English, and includes three previously unpublished manuscripts, a selection of political letters, an introduction, notes, and a critical biography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePrefae to the second edition\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. On Justice and Natural Law: 1. Meditation on the common concept of justice (c. 1702–3)\u003cbr\u003e 2. Opinion on the principles of Pufendorf (1706)\u003cbr\u003e Part II. On Social Life, Enlightenment and the Rule of Princes: 3. On natural law\u003cbr\u003e 4. Notes on social life\u003cbr\u003e 5. Felicity (c. 1694–8?)\u003cbr\u003e 6. Portrait of the prince (1679)\u003cbr\u003e 7. Memoir for enlightened persons of good intention (mid-1690s)\u003cbr\u003e Part IIII. On State-Sovereignty and Hobbesian Ideas: 8. Caesarinus Fürstenerius (De Suprematu Principium Germaniae) (1677)\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. On the Defense of Hapsburg Europe against France: 9. Mars Christianissumus (most Christian war-god) (1683)\u003cbr\u003e 10. Manifesto for the defense of the Rights of Charles III (1703)\u003cbr\u003e Part V. On International Relations and International Law: 11. Codex Iuris Gentium (Prefatio) (1693)\u003cbr\u003e 12. On the works of the Abbé de St Pierre (1715), observations on the Abbé's Project for Perpetual Peace (1715), Letter II to Grimarest (1712)\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Political Letters: 13. Excerpts from letters to Landgraf Ernst of Hesse-Rheinfels , Bousset and Thomas Burnett, two letters to Landgraf Ernst of Hesse-Rheinfels (1683–91), two letters to Bousset concerning the reunification of Christendom (1692–9), three letters to Thomas Burnett (1699–1712)\u003cbr\u003e 14. Judgement of the works of the Earl of Shaftesbury (1712)\u003cbr\u003e Part VII. Sovereignty and Dignity: Unpublished Manuscripts, 1695–1714: 15. An unpublished manuscript of Leibniz on the allegiance due to sovereign powers (1695)\u003cbr\u003e 16. Leibniz' unpublished remarks on Abbé Bucquoi: divinity and sovereignty (1711)\u003cbr\u003e 17. An unpublished lecture by Leibniz on the Greeks as founders of rational theology: its relation to his 'Universal Jurisprudence' (1714)\u003cbr\u003e Critical Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004083589400,"sku":"9780521358996","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521358996i_f0b1b520-1476-4a27-b32f-f80101492440.jpg?v=1691375674","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/leibniz-political-writings-paperback-9780521358996","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}