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INDEX 



Kant, relation to Leibniz, 168 

 sqq. ; his own view of his relation 

 to Leibniz, 208 sqq. ; Kant and 

 Leibniz on perception* and con- 

 ception, 171 ; Kant's thing-in- 

 itself in relation to Leibniz, 1 75 ; 

 Kant's misunderstanding of 

 Leibniz, 163 n ; he misunder- 

 stands Leibniz's view of space, 

 221 n; his criticism of Leibniz, 

 i6gn; Kant and Wolff, 168 ; 

 Kant received problem of space 

 in Wolffs form, 169 ; develop- 

 ment of Kant's view of space, 

 170 ; Kant on intensive quan- 

 tity, 22on; on the ontological 

 proof of the existence of God, 

 277, 173 ; on the relation of 

 God to the world, 177 ; on final 

 causes, c., 176. 



Kepler's introduction of the notion 

 of infinity into geometry, 75. 



Ker of Kersland, 16. 



Kirchmann, 259 n. 



Knowledge, Leibniz's theory of, 

 121 sqq. ; how dependent on his 

 main principles, 133 sqq. ; know- 

 ledge at once innate and experi- 

 ential, 126. 



Knutzen, 168. 



Language, philosophical, 85 sqq. 



Law, positive Divine, 296. 



LEIBNIZ, boyhood, i ; early studies, 

 1,2; university life, 2 ; gradua- 

 tion theses, 3; connexion with 

 Boineburg, 4 ; residence in 

 Niirnberg, 4; secretary to a 

 society of Rosicrucians, 4; in 

 the service of the Archbishop of 

 Mainz, 4 ; residence at Frank- 

 fort, 4 ; projects of Church 

 re-union, 5, n; residence in 

 Paris, 5 ; visit to London, 7 ; 

 intercourse with Huygens, 6 ; 

 study of higher mathematics, 6 ; 

 invented a calculating machine, 

 6 ; reason for writing in French, 

 6 ; advocated use of German for 

 philosophical writing, 6 ; relation 

 to Hobbes, 7 ; intercourse with 

 Boyle, 7 ; discovery of the Dif- 

 ferential Calculus, 7 ; study and 



translation of Plato, 9 ; ac- 

 quaintance with Tschirnhausen, 

 9 ; Newton and the Calculus, 8 ; 

 personal relations with Spinoza, 

 9, 10 ; librarian to the Duke of 

 Brunswick, 8 ; residence in 

 Hanover, 1 1 ; visit to Rome, 1 1 ; 

 first publication of his philoso- 

 phical system, 12 ; growth of 

 his system, 12 ; writing and 

 publication ofNouveaux Essais, 

 T 3> 3555 of TModicee, 14; his 

 correspondence, 14 ; founding of 

 academies, 14, 15; intercourse 

 with Peter the Great, Charles VI, 

 and Prince Eugene, 1 5 ; suffers 

 from prejudices of George I, 15 ; 

 death and funeral, 16 ; personal 

 characteristics, 16, 17 ; principal 

 works and editions, 18 sqq. 



LEIBNIZ, three chief conceptions of 

 . his metaphysic, 47, 48 ; logical 

 principles of his philosophy, 58 

 sqq. ; his view of self-conscious- 

 ness, 53, 120, 128, 133, 234 n; 

 his ethics, 137 sqq. ; psychology 

 of volition, 142 n ; logic, 206 

 sqq. ; theory of knowledge, 121 

 sqq. ; his mathematics inrelation 

 to his philosophy, 74 sqq. > anti- 

 cipation of transformation of 

 energy, 93 n ; optimism,66, 147 n, 

 248, 271, 345 sqq., 417, 424 ; 

 on the ontological proof of the 

 existence of God, 275 sqq. ; holds 

 that matter cannot think, 400 ; 

 interest in microscopy, 256 n ; 

 eclecticism, 154, 155 ; fore- 

 shadows the critical spirit, 154; 

 early rejection of substantial 

 forms, 3 ; his account of his 

 early philosophical views, 299 

 sqq. ; growth of his views re- 

 garding force and motion, 351 ; 

 misunderstood by his disciples, 

 163 ; accused of borrowing clocks 

 illustration from Geulincx, 43. 



relation to Plato and Aristotle, 

 358 n, 229 n ; to earlier thinking, 

 151 sqq., 158; dissatisfaction 

 with Descartes's philosophy, 8 ; 

 difference from Descartes re- 

 garding clear and distinct ideas, 



