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Introduction xxi 1 The Labyrinth xx 2 The Problem of the Continuum xxvi 3 Leibniz's First Solution xx 4 Continuity and Cohesion xxvi 5 Atoms and the Void xu 6 Actually Infinite Division and the Infinitely Small u 7 Infinite Aggregates: Body, Space, and Substance 8 Motion, Change, and Substance xxii I. Paris Writings, 1672-76 i 1 "A Demonstration of Incorporeal Substances" (4th Draft) (Fall 1672?) Aiii34 2 2 Notes on Galileo's Two New Sciences (First Dialogue) (Fall 1672?) Aiiill2 4 3 On Minimum and Maximum; On Bodies and Minds (Nov. 1672-Jan. 1673) Aiii5 8 4 On the Cohesiveness of Bodies (Fall 1672- Winter 1672-73) Aiii4 18 5 Notes on Descartes's Principles of Philosophy (Selections) (Fall-Dec. 1675?) AiiilS 22 6 On Matter, Motion, Minima, and the Continuum (Dec. 1675) Aiii58 3o 7 "An Infinite Line Is Immovable" (3 Jan. 1676) Aiii59 40 8 On Spinoza's Ethics; and On the Infinite (Feb. 1676?) Aiii334,Aiii63 40 9 On the Secrets of the Sublime, or On the Supreme Being (Selections) (11 Feb. 1676) Aiii60 44 10 Unbounded Extension (Feb. 1676?) Aiii66 52 11 Notes on Science and Metaphysics (Selections) (18 March 1676) Aiii361 52 12 On the Plenitude of the World (March? 1676) Aiii76 58 13 On the Infinitely Small (26 March 1676) Aiii52 64 14 Unbounded Lines (April 1676) Aiii65 64 15 On Motion and Matter (1?-10 April 1676) Aiii68 74 16 Infinite Numbers (c. 10 April 1676) Aiii69 82 17 Annotated Excerpts from Spinoza (2nd half of April 1676?) Aiiil9 00oo 18 On Body, Space, and the Continuum (Selections) (15 April and 2nd half? of April 1676) Aiii71, Aiii74 116 II. Dialogue on Continuity and Motion 125 19 "Pacidius to Philalethes: A First Philosophy of Motion" (29 Oct.-10 Nov. 1676) Aiii78 127 IH. Hanover Writings, 1677-86 223 20 Space and Motion Are Really Relations (Early 1677?) Aiv359 224 21 Motion Is Something Relative (Feb. 1677) Aiv360 228 22 "Chrysippus's Heap" (March 1678) Aiv23 228 23 Conspectus for a Little Book on the Elements of Physics (Selections) (Summer 1678-Winter 1678-79?) Aiv365 230 24 Created Things Are Actually Infinite (Summer 1678-Winter 1680-81) Aiv266 234 25 Metaphysical Definitions and Reflections (Summer 1678-Winter 1680-81) Aiv267 236 26 Matter and Motion Are Only Phenomena (c. 1678-79?) Aiv277 256 27 ThereIsNoSuchThing as OneBody (c. 1678-79) Aiv278 256 28 "ABody Is Not a Substance" (c. 1678-79?) Aiv316 2ss 29 "The Origin of Souls and Minds" (March- June 1681?) Aiv275 26o 30 "Wonders Concerning the Nature of Corporeal Substance" (29 March 1683) Aiv279 262 31 On Substance, Change, Time, and Extension (Selections) (Summer 1683-Early 1685?) Aiv132 264 32 On Part, Whole, Transformation, and Change (Selections) (Mid-1685) Aiv147 270 33 Annotated Excerpts from Cordemoy's Treatise (1685) Aiv346 274 34 OnthePresentWorld(March 1684-Spring 1686) Aiv301 282 35 There Is No Perfect Shape in Bodies (April- Oct. 1686?) Aiv310 2% 36 There Can Be Infinite Degrees of Souls (c. 1686?) Aiv304 298 37 "A Specimen of Discoveries of the Admirable Secrets of Nature in General" (c. 1686?) Aiv312(Aiv315,Aiv320) 302 38 Motion Is Not SomethingAbsolute (c. 1686?) Aiv317 332 39 On Time and Place, Duration and Space (c.1686?) Aiv321 334 Appendix 1 Excerpts from Leibniz's Early Writings on the Continuum (1669-71) 337 (a) from a Letter to Thomasius (1669) 337 (b) The Theory of Concrete Motion (Winter 1670-71) 338 (c) The Theory ofAbstract Motion (Winter 1670-71) 339 (d) On Primary Matter (Winter 1670-71) 343 (e) from A Hypothesis of the System of the World (Spring-Fall 1671) 344 (f) from On the Nature of Corporeal Things (Second Draft) (late 1671?) 345 Appendix 2 Leibniz's Predecessors on the Continuum 347 (a)Aristotle 347 (b)Galileo Galilei 352 (c) Ren6 Descartes 357 (d) Thomas Hobbes 359 (e) Pierre Gassendi 3M Notes 365 Glossary-Index 435 1. Latin-English Glossary 435 2. Index and English-Latin Glossary 470 3. Index of Names 480