SISYPHUS AT WORK: THE LEIBNIZ EDITION, THE KAISERREICH AND DIVIDED GERMANY

Despite several attempts, the prolific writings of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz have not yet been brought together in a single edition. Efforts have been hampered by the sheer volume and diversity of the Leibniz estate, and also by changing political circumstances. This paper traces the history of the...

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Published in:Minerva (London) 2004-12, Vol.42 (4), p.379-392
Main Author: POSER, HANS
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Environmental literature
Foreign Countries
Germany
Literary criticism
Mathematical knowledge
Mathematics
Memoranda
Metaphysics
Philology
Scholarly publishing
Theology
World Affairs
World History
Written correspondence
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Summary:Despite several attempts, the prolific writings of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz have not yet been brought together in a single edition. Efforts have been hampered by the sheer volume and diversity of the Leibniz estate, and also by changing political circumstances. This paper traces the history of the Leibniz edition as a long-term project of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie and its predecessors.
ISSN:0026-4695
1573-1871
DOI:10.1007/s11024-004-2113-8