Living mirrors : infinity, unity, and life in Leibniz's philosophy / Ohad Nachtomy

Date : 2019

Type : Livre / Book

Langue / Language : anglais / English

ISBN : 978-0-19-090735-8

EAN : 9780190907358

Leibniz -- Gottfried Wilhelm -- 1646-1716 -- Critique et interprétation

Nachtomy, Ohad (19..-....) (Auteur / author)

Collection : Oxford Scholarship Online / [Oxford] : Oxford University Press , 2003-

Relation : Living mirrors : infinity, unity, and life in Leibniz's philosophy / Ohad Nachtomy / New York : Oxford University press

Résumé / Abstract : This work presents Leibniz's view of infinity and the central role it plays in his theory of living beings. Nachtomy argues that Leibniz employs three degrees of infinity: absolute infinity, which applies to God; maximum or infinite in kind, which applies to created, living beings; and mathematical infinity