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Maschinen der Kunst, Maschinen der Natur

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Хессбрюгген-Вальтер Ш., Ansgar L.

This book chapter is part of a collection of essays giving an introduction into Leibniz's Monadology. My part of this contribution discusses the conflict between mechanistic and teleological explanations of living things in the 17th century.

Language: German
Keywords: LeibnizRene DescartesAristotelianismorganism

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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz: Monadologie (Klassiker Auslegen, vol. 34)
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz: Monadologie (Klassiker Auslegen, vol. 34)
Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2008.
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