Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a major contributor to mathematics, physics, philosophy, theology, logic, and early computer science; independent inventor of calculus in mathematics; inventor of energy and the action principle in physics; jurist, genealogist, diplomat, librarian; worked towards reunification of Catholic and Protestant faiths.
This in-progress article will list all his published and unpublished works primarily based on the Leibniz Library in Hannover:de:Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek – Niedersächsische Landesbibliothek, and its online catalog.
Table of works
YearTitle and description WikiSource versions English German French 1714 Monadology Monadology Monadology Latta(tr) -- Monadologie 1710 Théodicée -- -- -- -- 1704 New Essays on Human Understanding Nouveaux Essais sur l’entendement humain externalNew Essays on Human Understanding Langley translation 1896.Leibniz's New Essays Concerning the Human Understanding – A Critical Exposition, Dewey 1888 -- Nouveaux Essais sur l’entendement humain 1697 Unvorgreiffliche Gedancken, betreffend die Ausübung und Verbesserung der Teutschen Sprache -- -- Link (University of Giessen) -- 1693 Protogaea -- -- -- -- 1666 De Arte CombinatoriaDe Arte Combinatoria, original Latin-language text -- -- -- -- 1686 Discourse on Metaphysics Discourse on Metaphysics externalDiscourse on Metaphysics. translated by G. R. Montgomery. -- Discourse on Metaphysics -- -- -- -- -- -- 1677 That not all possibles attain existence -- externalStrickland Translation -- -- 1684 Nova Methodus pro Maximis et Minimis -- externalA New Method for Finding Maxima and Minima -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Notes:
1. Dates in the table refer to the estimated date of completion of manuscripts if first publication occurred after Leibniz's death (1716).
2. Title and description link to English Wikipedia article if available.
See also
Leibniz outline
Transcribed collections
Collected Letters 1691–1693 (Hannover, 5th Band) Opera omnia, nunc primum collectas; at Bibliothèque nationale de France
References