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Wolff's Principal Works[103]
German Texts
- Der Anfangs-Gründe aller mathematischen Wissenschafften, Halle: 1710.
- Vernünftige Gedanken von den Kräften des menschlichen Verstandes und ihrem richtigen Gebrauch in der Erkenntnis der Wahrheit (‘Rational Thoughts on the Powers of the Human Understanding and their Correct Employment in the Cognition of the Truth’) [German Logic] Halle: 1712. (Scholar)
- Vernünftige Gedanken von Gott, der Welt und der Seele des Menschen, auch allen Dingen überhaupt (‘Rational Thoughts on God, the World and the Soul of Man, and on All Things Whatsoever’) [German Metaphysics] Halle: 1719; 5th edition: 1732. (Scholar)
- Vernünftige Gedanken von der Menschen Thun und Lassen zur Beförderung ihrer Glückseligkeit (‘Rational Thoughts on Man's Acts of Commission and Omission, with a View to Advancing His Happiness’) Halle: 1720. (Scholar)
- Vernünftige Gedanken von dem gesellschaftlichen Leben der Menschen, und insonderheit dem gemeinen Wesen (‘Rational Thoughts on the Social Life of Man, and in Particular on Society’) Halle: 1721; 5th edition: 1740. (Scholar)
- Vernünftige Gedanken von den Wirkungen der Natur (‘Rational Thoughts on the Operations of Nature’) Halle: 1723. (Scholar)
- Vernünftige Gedanken von den Absichten der natürlichen Dingen (‘Rational Thoughts on the Intentions of Natural Things’) Frankfurt and Leipzig: 1724. (Scholar)
- Vernünftige Gedanken von dem Gebrauche der Theile des menschlichen Leibes, der Thiere und Pflanzen (‘Rational Thoughts on the Employment of the Parts of the Human Body, of Animals and Plants’) Frankfurt: 1725. (Scholar)
Latin Texts
- Philosophia practica universalis, methodo mathematica conscripta (‘On Universal Practical Philosophy, Composed from the Mathematical Method’) 1703. (Scholar)
- Aërometriæ elementa (‘Elements of Aerometry’) 1709. (Scholar)
- Elementa matheseos universae (‘Elements of General Mathematics’) 2 vols. Halle: 1713-15. (Scholar)
- Mathematisches Lexicon (‘Mathematical Lexicon’) Leipzig: 1716. (Scholar)
- Ratio prælectionum Wolfianarum Halle (‘Lecture Plan’) 1718. (Scholar)
- Philosophia rationalis sive logica Methodo scientifica pertractata et ad usum scientiarum atque vitae aptata (‘Rational Philosophy, or Logic Treated According to the Scientific Method, and Suited to the Use of the Sciences and of Life’) [Latin Logic] Frankfurt: 1728; 3rd edition: 1740. (Scholar)
- Philosophia rationalis sive Logica, methodo scientifica pertractata, et ad usum scientiarum. atque vitae aptata. Praemittitur discursus praeliminaris de philosophia in genere. (‘Preliminary Discourse on Philosophy in General’) [Preliminary Discourse] Premlin Frankfurt: 1728. (Scholar)
- Philosophia prima sive ontologia methodo scientifica pertractata qua omnis cognitionis humanae principia continentur (‘First Philosophy or Ontology’) [Ontology] Frankfurt: 1730. (Scholar)
- Cosmologia generalis methodo scientifica pertractata, qua ad solidam imprimis Dei atque naturae cognitionem via sternitur (‘Universal Cosmology’) [Cosmology] Frankfurt and Leipzig: 1731. (Scholar)
- Psychologia empirica methodo scientifica pertractata, qua ea quae de anima humana indubia experientiae fide constant, continentur…(‘Empirical Psychology’) [Empirical Psychology] Frankfurt and Leipzig: 1732 (Scholar)
- Psychologia rationalis methodo scientifica pertractata, qua ea, quae de anima humana indubia experientiae fide innotescunt…(‘Rational Psychology’) [Rational Psychology] Frankfurt, 1734. (Scholar)
- Theologia naturalis scientifica pertractata [Natural Theology] 2 vols. Frankfurt: 1736-7.
- Philosophia practica universalis methodo scientifica pertractata (‘Universal Practical Philosophy’) 2 vols. Frankfurt: 1738-9. (Scholar)
- Jus naturae methodo scientifica pertractatum 8 vols.; ibid., 1740-1748.
- Jus gentium methodo scientifica pertractatum Halle, 1750.
- Philosophia moralis sive ethica (‘Moral Philosophy or Ethics’) 5 vols. Halle: 1750-3. (Scholar)
Collections and English Translations
- Gesammelte Werke, Hrsg. und bearb. von J. École … [et al.] Hildesheim: G. Olms,1962-
- Discovery of the True Cause of the Wonderful Multiplication of Corn: with some general remarks upon the nature of trees and plants. London 1734.
- A Treatise of Algebra : with the application of it to a variety of problems in arithmetic, to geometry, trigonometry, and conic sections : with the several methods of solving and constructing equations of the higher kind. London : Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, 1739
- The Real Happiness of a People Under a Philosophical King Demonstrated. London: M. Cooper, 1750.
- Logic, or Rational Thoughts on the Powers of the Human Understanding with their Use and Application in the Knowledge and Search of Truth. [German Logic] London: Printed for L. Hawes, W. Clarke, and R. Collins, 1770.
- Briefwechsel zwischen Leibniz und Christian Wolff. Edited by C. I. Gerhardt. Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1963.
- Preliminary Discourse on Philosophy in General [Preliminary Discourse] [1728].Translated by Richard J. Blackwell. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1963. (Scholar)
Secondary Sources
- Ariew, Roger, 1995, “G. W. Leibniz, life and works”, in The Cambridge Companion to Leibniz, Nicholas Jolley (ed.), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Scholar)
- Baumeister, Friedrich, 1747, Elementa Philosophiae Recentioris, Leipzig: Gleditschii. (Scholar)
- Baumgarten, Alexander, 1739, Metaphysica, Halle. (Scholar)
- Beck, Lewis White, 1966, 18th Century Philosophy: Readings in the History of Philosophy, New York: The Free Press. (Scholar)
- –––,1969, Early German Philosophy: Kant and His Predecessors, Cambridge: Harvard University Press. (Scholar)
- Blackall, Eric A., 1978, The Emergence of German as a Literary Language: 1700-1775, 2nd edition, Ithaca: Cornell University Press. (Scholar)
- Blackwell, Richard J., 1961, “Christian Wolff's Doctrine of the Soul”, Journal of the History of Ideas, 22: 339-354. (Scholar)
- –––, 1961, “The Structure of Wolffian Philosophy”, The Modern Schoolman, 38: 303-218. (Scholar)
- Brown, F. Andrew, 1952, "On Education: John Locke, Christian Wolff and the ‘Moral Weeklies" in University of California Publications in Modern Philology, University of California Press, 149-170. (Scholar)
- Burns, John V, 1966, Dynamism in the Cosmology of Christian Wolff: A Study in Pre-Critical Rationalism, New York: Exposition Press. (Scholar)
- Calinger, Ronald S., 1968, “The Newtonian-Wolffian Confrontation in the St.Petersburg Academy of Sciences”, Cahiers d'Histoire Mondiale, 11: 417-435. (Scholar)
- –––, 1969, “The Newtonian-Wolffian Controversy”, Journal of the History of Ideas, XXX: 319-330. (Scholar)
- Chisholm, Roderick M., 1966, Theory of Knowledge, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. (Scholar)
- Collins, James, 1959, God in Modern Philosophy, Chicago: Henry Regnery Company. (Scholar)
- Corr, Charles Anthony, 1966, Order and Method in Christian Wolff's Philosophy, Unpublished Dissertation, Saint Louis University. (Scholar)
- –––, 1970, “Certitude and Utility in the Philosophy of Christian Wolff”, The Southwestern Journal of Philosophy I , 133-142. (Scholar)
- –––, 1972, “Christian Wolff's Treatment of Scientific Discovery”, Journal of the History of Philosophy, 10: 323-334. (Scholar)
- –––,1973, “The Existence of God, Natural Theology, and Christian Wolff”, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 4: 105-118. (Scholar)
- –––,1975, “Christian Wolff and Leibniz”, Journal of the History of Ideas, 36: 241-262. (Scholar)
- –––,1982, “The Deutsche Metaphysik of Christian Wolff: Text and Transitions”, in History of Philosophy in the Making, Linus J. Thro (ed.), Washington DC: University Press of America, 113-120. (Scholar)
- –––, 1986, “Cartesian themes in Wolff's German metaphysics”, in Christian Wolff 1679-1754: Interpretationen zu seiner Philosophie und deren Wirkung, Herausgegeben von Werner Schneiders (ed.), Hamburg: Felix Meiner Verlag, 113-120. (Scholar)
- Cover, Jan. and Glenn A. Hartz, 1994, “Are Leibnizian Monads Spatial”, History of Philosophy Quarterly, 11: 295-316. (Scholar)
- Crusius, Christian August, 1744, Anweisung vernünftig zu leben, Leipzig. (Scholar)
- –––, 1745, Entwurf der nothwendigen Vernunft-Wahrheiten, Leipzig. (Scholar)
- École, Jean, 1964, “Cosmologie wolffienne et dynamique leibnizienne. Essai sur le rapports de Wolff avec Leibniz”, in Les études philosophiques 19. (Scholar)
- Erdmann, Johann, 1897, The History of Philosophy. Vol. 2, translated by Williston Hough. New York: Macmillan & Co. (Scholar)
- Ergang, Robert, 1941, The Potsdam Führer: Frederick William I, Father of Prussian Militarism, New York: Columbia University Press. (Scholar)
- Falkenstein, Lorne, 1991, “Kant, Mendelssohn, Lambert and the Subjectivity of Time,” The Journal of the History of Philosophy 29, 227-251. (Scholar)
- Fischer, Klaus, 1975, “John Locke in the German Enlightenment: An Interpretation”, The Journal of the History of Ideas, 36, 431-446. (Scholar)
- Frängsmyr, Tore, 1975, “Christian Wolff's Mathematical Method and its Impact on the Eighteenth Century”, The Journal of the History of Ideas, October-December, 36: 653-668. (Scholar)
- Gilson, Etienne, 1952, Being and Some Philosophers, 2nd edition, Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. (Scholar)
- –––, 1963, “Wolff”, in Modern Philosophy: Descartes to Kant, New York: Random House. (Scholar)
- Gracia, Jorge J. E., 1993, “Christian Wolff on Individuation”, The History of Philosophy Quarterly, 10: 147-164. (Scholar)
- Gurr, John Edwin, 1959, The Principle of Sufficient Reason in Some Scholastic Systems: 1750-1900, Milwaukee: The Marquette University Press. (Scholar)
- Jesseph, Douglas, 1989, “Philosophical Theory and Mathematical Practice in the Seventeenth Century,” Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 20 215-244. (Scholar)
- –––, 1993, “Hobbes and Mathematical Method,” Perspectives on Science 1: 306-341 (Scholar)
- Kant, Immanuel, 1992, The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant: Theoretical Philosophy: 1755-1770, translated and edited by David Walford and in collaboration with Ralf Meerbote, New York: Cambridge University Press. (Scholar)
- –––, 1997, Lectures on Metaphysics. Translated and edited by Karl Ameriks and Steve Naragon. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. (Scholar)
- –––,1983, What Real Progress Has Metaphysics Made in Germany since the Time of Leibniz and Wolff?, translated and introduction by Ted Humphrey, New York: Abaris Books Inc. (Scholar)
- Kuehn, Manfred, 1987, Scottish Common Sense in Germany, 1768-1800: A Contribution to the History of Critical Philosophy, Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press. (Scholar)
- –––,1997, “The Wolffian Background of Kant's Transcendental Deduction”, in Logic and the Workings of the Mind: The Logic of Ideas and Faculty Psychology in Early Modern Philosophy, Volume 5 of the North American Kant Society Studies in Philosophy, Atascadero, CA.: Ridgeview Publishing Company, 229-250. (Scholar)
- –––, 2001, Kant: A Biography, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Scholar)
- Lach, Donald, 1953, "The Sinophilism of Christian Wolff (1679-1754) The Journal of the History of Ideas, XIV, No 4: 561-574. (Scholar)
- Lenders, Winfried, 1971, "The Analytic Logic of G.W. Leibniz and Chr. Wolff: A Problem in Kant Research", Synthese 23: 147-153. (Scholar)
- Louden, Robert, 2002, "What Does Heaven Say?": Christian Wolff and Western Interpretations of Confucian Ethics" in Confucius and the Analects: New Essays, Van Norden, W Bryan (ed), New York: Oxford University Press, 73-93. (Scholar)
- Leibniz, G. W., 1768, Leibnitii opera omnia, L. Dutens, Geneva. (Scholar)
- –––, 1989a, G.W. Leibniz: Philosophical Essays, translated by Roger Ariew and Daniel Garber, Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company. (Scholar)
- –––, 1989b, Philosophical Papers and Letters, edited by Leroy Loemker 2nd edition, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. (Scholar)
- Leibniz, G.W. and Samuel Clarke, 1720, Merckwürdige Schriften wlche… zwischen dem Herrn Baron von Leibniz und dem Herrn D. Clarke über besondere Materien der natürlichen Religion in Französ. und Englischer Sprache gewechselt und …in teutscher Sprache herausgegben worden von Heinrich Köhler, Christian Wolff and L.P. Thümmig (ed.), Frankfurt and Leipig. (Scholar)
- McClellan, James, 1985, Science Reorganized: Scientific Societies in the Eighteenth Century, New York: Columbia University Press. (Scholar)
- Mendelssohn, Moses 1997, Moses Mendelssohn: Philosophical Writings, edited by Daniel Dahlstrom, New York: Cambridge University Press. (Scholar)
- Morrison, JC, 1993, "Christian Wolff's Criticism of Spinoza" Journal of the History of Philosophy, 31(3): 405-420. (Scholar)
- Paulsen, Friedrich, 1906, The German Universities and University Study, translated by F. Thilly and W. Elwang, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. (Scholar)
- Polonoff, Irving, 1973, Force, Cosmos, Monads, and Other Themes of Kant's Early Thought. Kantsudien Erganzungsheft 107. (Scholar)
- Saine, Thomas, 1987, “Who's Afraid of Christian Wolff?”, in Anticipations of the Enlightenment,. A.C. Kors and P. Korshin (ed.) Philadelphia, 102-133. (Scholar)
- Schonfeld, Martin, 2002, "Christian Wolff and Leibnizian Monads", The Leibniz Review, 12: 131-135. (Scholar)
- Terrall, Mary, 1990, “The Culture of Science in Frederick the Great's Berlin”, History of Science, 28: 333-364. (Scholar)
- Thiel, Udo, 1996, "Between Wolff and Kant: Merian's Theory of Apperception", Journal of the History of Philosophy, (Ap)34(2):213-232. (Scholar)
- Tonelli, Giorgio, 1975, “The Problem of the Classification of the Sciences in Kant's Time”, Rivista Critica Di Storia Della Filosofia, 39: 243-294. (Scholar)
- Van Peursen, C.A., 1987, “Christian Wolff's Philosophy of Contingent Reality”, The Journal of the History of Ideas, 25: 69-82. (Scholar)
- Watkins, Eric, 1995, “The Development of Physical Influx in Early Eighteenth-Century Germany: Gottsched, Knutzen, and Crusius”, Review of Metaphysics, 49: 295-339. (Scholar)
- –––, 2003, "Forces and Causes in Kant's Early Pre-Critical Writings", Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 34A: 5-27. (Scholar)
- Wielema, M.R., 1993, "Leibniz and Wolff in the Netherlands: The Eighteenth-Century Dutch Translations of Their Writings", Studia-Leibnitiana 25(1): 55-69. (Scholar)
- Wilson, Catherine, 1994, “The reception of Leibniz in the eighteenth century”, in The Cambridge Companion to Leibniz, Nicholas Jolley (ed.), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 442-494. (Scholar)
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