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INDEX 



206 ; not dependent on the will 

 of God, 57, 242 ; understanding 

 of God is the region of, 241, 343. 

 See also Truths. 



Ethics of Leibniz, 137 sqq. 



Eugene, Prince, 215, 405. 



Euler's criticism of Leibniz, 255 n. 



Evil, origin of, 240 n ; problem of, 

 346 sqq., 416 n ; leads to greater 

 good, 349 ; evil of individuals 

 not to be justified by good of 

 the whole, 348. 



Explanation of the New System, 



3J9- 



Extension, elements of, 329 ; not 

 the essence of matter, 28, 94. 



Fact and reason, propositions of, 

 206. 



Facultas, 288. 



Fatum Stoicum, 423 n. 



Feeling an element in every per- 

 ception, 139. 



Fenelon and Jossuet, 27on. 



Fernel, 260 n. 



Fichte, 252 n; on the spirituality 

 of the universe, 267 n ; influence 

 of Leibniz upon, 178 sqq. ; 

 Fichte's Ego and Leibuiz's 

 Monad, 180 ; Fichte and Kant, 

 178 sqq. 



Fitness or choice of the best, 243 ; 

 degrees of perfection, 247. 



Fludd, Robert, 402. 



Fluid, perfect, does not exist, 335, 

 386. 



Fontenelte, 309 n. 



Force, notion of, 91, soon; conser- 

 vation of, 90 sqq., 327, 417 ; dis- 

 tinct from Scholastic potency, 

 91 n ; essential to matter, 94 ; 

 a form of appetition, 2 26 n ; 

 development of Leibniz's views 

 regarding, 351 ; distinction be- 

 tween absolute and directing 

 force, 328n; total and partial, 

 &c., 417. 



Forces proportional to squares of 



velocities, 92. 



Forms, accidental, 157 ; substan- 

 tial, 108 n, H9n, 156 sqq.; 

 rejected at first by Leibniz, 3 ; 

 re-introduced by Leibniz, 159, 



301 ; origin and duration of, 

 2 59 s< i' > forms in matter, 94 n ; 

 indivisible, 302. 



Foucher, Simon, 319, 320 ; Leib- 

 niz's comments on his dispute 

 with Hartsoeker, 334 sqq. 



Freedom, Leibniz's view of, 141 ; 

 degrees of, including necessity, 

 145 ; freedom and determina- 

 tion, 343 ; is spontaneity and 

 intelligence, 145 ; highest free- 

 dom accompanied by most per- 

 fect knowledge, 146. 



Fulgurations of the Divinity, 243. 



Galen, 314 n. 



Gassendi, 303^ 319, 352. 



Genus, distinction between phy- 

 sical or real and logical or ideal, 

 394 sqq. 



Geometrical relations not merely 

 quantitative, 77. 



Geometry, synthetic and analytic, 

 75 ; connexion with algebra, 

 76 ; analytical geometry of 

 Descartes, 77. 



Geulincx, 312 n, 367 n ; use of the 

 clocks illustration, 43, 331 n. 



God, idea of, in Descartes' s system, 

 161 ; according to Leibniz and 

 Descartes, 57 ; inconsistency of 

 Leibniz's account of, 175, i77> 

 proof of His existence, 242 ; 

 ontological proof, according to 

 Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz, 

 2 74 s ^. ( l' > Cosmological proof, 

 239 n ; proof from pre-estab- 

 lished harmony, 202, 316, 418 ; 

 Kant on the proofs, 173; God 

 the ultimate sufficient reason of 

 things, 66, 238, 339, 415 ; the 

 source both of essences and 

 existences, 241, 343 ; the ulti- 

 mate reality, 136; His relation 

 to the world, 257 n, 344, 416 ;- 

 to other Monads, &c., 243 n, 

 266, 304; God not the only 

 Spirit, 385 n ; ' assistance ' of 

 God, 43 ; love of God, 148, 286, 

 422, 423 ; His perfection, 240 ; 

 His antecedent and consequent 

 will, 270, 424 n; His justice 

 compared with human justice, 



