Philosophia Rationalis Sive Logica, Methodo Scientifica Pertractata Et Ad Usum Scietiarum Atque Vitae Aptata. Praemittitur Discursus Praeliminaris De Philosophia in Genere

Christian Friedrich von Wolff

Published by Libraria Rengeriana, 1732

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4to. [16], 866, [18] pp. 1 folding plate. 22 x 18 cm. Contemporary vellum. Clean, unmarked pages. Minor toning. Latin. Christian Wolff was a Rationalist philosopher of the German Enlightenment. Wolff is regarded as the central historical figure who linked the philosophical systems of Leibniz and Kant. "According to Kant, in the "Preface" to the Critique of Pure Reason (2nd ed), Wolff is "the greatest of all dogmatic philosophers." Wolff's "strict method" in science, Kant explains, is predicated on "the regular ascertainment of principles, the clear determination of concepts, the attempt at strictness in proofs, and the prevention of audacious leaps in inferences" (Kant, 1998, 120). Like many other philosophers of the Modern period, such as Descartes, Hobbes, and Spinoza, Wolff believed the method of mathematics, if properly applied, could be used to expand other areas of human knowledge. "The influences of Wolff's systematization of philosophy include the early Kant, Alexander Baumgarten, Samuel Formey, Johann Christoph Gottsched, Martin Knutzen, Georg Friedrich Meier, and Moses Mendelssohn." (Matt Hettche, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2006).

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• Title: Philosophia Rationalis Sive Logica, Methodo Scientifica Pertractata Et Ad Usum Scietiarum Atque Vitae Aptata. Praemittitur Discursus Praeliminaris De Philosophia in Genere
• Publisher: Libraria Rengeriana
• Publication Date: 1732
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
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