title: G. W. Leibniz's Monadology : An Edition for Students
author: Nicholas Rescher
description: <DIV><B>Nicholas Rescher</B> is Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh and co-chairman of the Center for Philosophy of Science. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he has served as president of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association, the Leibniz Society of North America, the Charles S. Peirce Society, the American Catholic Philosophical Association, and the Metaphysical Society of America. Rescher is the author or editor of more than one hundred books, including <I>Ignorance (On the Wider Implications of Deficient Knowledge), Philosophical Inquiries: An Introduction to Problems of Philosophy</I>, and <I>A Journey through Philosophy in 101 Anecdotes.</I></DIV>
zlib_text: Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to
  Leibniz and the
  Monadology
  ‘written with great clarity and elegance and with an effective use of examples
  ... an excellent guide to a difficult work for undergraduates and graduate
  students.’
  Nicholas Jolley, Syracuse University
  Leibniz is a major figure in western philosophy and, with Descartes and
  Spinoza, one of the most influential philosophers of the Rationalist School.
  This Routledge Philosophy GuideBook guides the reader through the
  complexities of Leibniz’s most famous work and the fullest statement of
  his mature philosophical thought, the Monadology. Anthony Savile clearly
  identifies the intellectual assumptions that underlie Leibniz’s thought and
  locates the text within Leibniz’s larger philosophical project.
  Leibniz and the Monadology is a clear and engaging introduction to one of
  the finest systematic thinkers of the modern era. It is essential reading for
  all students coming to Leibniz for the first time.
  Anthony Savile is Professor of Phi