Leibniz-Clarke correspondence

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The Leibniz-Clarke correspondence was a scientific, theological and philosophical debate conducted epistolary means, between the German thinker Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Samuel Clarke an English supporter of Isaac Newton.

Unlike Newton, Leibniz never wrote a magnum opus, so his correspondence is of considerable importance in establishing his views.

Although a variety of subjects is touched on in the letters, the main interest for modern readers is in the dispute between the absolute theory of space favoured by Newton and Clarke, and the Leibniz's relational approach.

[edit] See also

• Samuel Clarke
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
• Isaac Newton
• Philosophy of space and time
• Principle of sufficient reason
• Physics
• Space
• Theology
• Time

[edit] External links

• Almost full, annotated, rendition of the correspondence
• Course notes by Dr Andrew Gregory (MS word)