Leibniz Political Writings [Paperback]

In this new edition, Professor Riley makes available the most representative pieces from Leibniz's political theory.A new edition makes available for the first time in English the most representative selections from Leibniz's political theory, including three previously unpublished manuscripts, a selection of political letters and a critical biography.A new edition makes available for the first time in English the most representative selections from Leibniz's political theory, including three previously unpublished manuscripts, a selection of political letters and a critical biography.Leibniz's political and ethical writing long has been neglected, and with this new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is the first to make a considerable number of Leibniz's writings available in English, and includes three previously unpublished manuscripts, a selection of political letters, an introduction, notes, and a critical biography.Prefae to the second edition; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. On Justice and Natural Law: 1. Meditation on the common concept of justice (c. 17023); 2. Opinion on the principles of Pufendorf (1706); Part II. On Social Life, Enlightenment and the Rule of Princes: 3. On natural law; 4. Notes on social life; 5. Felicity (c. 16948?); 6. Portrait of the prince (1679); 7. Memoir for enlightened persons of good intention (mid-1690s); Part IIII. On State-Sovereignty and Hobbesian Ideas: 8. Caesarinus F?rstenerius (De Suprematu Principium Germaniae) (1677); Part IV. On the Defense of Hapsburg Europe against France: 9. Mars Christianissumus (most Christian war-god) (1683); 10. Manifesto for the defense of the Rights of Charles III (1703); Part V. On International Relations and International Law: 11. Codex Iuris Gentium (Prefatio) (1693); 12. On the works of the Abb? de St Pierre (1715), observations on the Abb?'s Project for PerlS(