'Often the papers do not deal simply with the doctrines discussed in the various exchanges but throw light on aspects of Leibnizian biography, and portray him as a real historical character with personal agendas, not merely as an abstract mind … a valuable addition to Leibniz scholarship.' Roger Woolhouse, University of York

• Contributors; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction Paul Lodge; 2. Leibniz and his master: the correspondence with Jakob Thomasius Christia Mercer; 3. A philosophical apprenticeship: Leibniz's correspondence with the secretary of the Royal Society, Henry Oldenburg Philip Beeley; 4. The Leibniz-Foucher alliance and its philosophical bases Stuart Brown; 5. Leibniz to Arnauld: platonic and aristotelian themes on matter and corporeal substance Martha Brandt Bolton; 6. Leibniz and Fardella: body, substance and idealism Daniel Garber; 7. Leibniz's exchange with the Jesuits in China Franklin Perkins; 8. Leibniz's close encounter with cartesianism in the correspondence with De Volder Paul Lodge; 9. 'All the time and everywhere everything's the same as here': the principle of uniformity in the correspondence between Leibniz and Lady Masham Pauline Phemister; 10. Idealism declined: Leibniz and Christian Wolff Donald Rutherford; 11. On substance and relations in Leibniz's correspondence with Des Bosses Brandon Look; 12. '[…] et je serai tousjours la même pour vous': personal, political and philosophical dimensions of the Leibniz-Caroline correspondence Gregory Brown; References; Index.

'Often the papers do not deal simply with the doctrines discussed in the various exchanges but throw light on aspects of Leibnizian biography, and portray him as a real historical character with personal agendas, not merely as an abstract mind … a valuable addition to Leibniz scholarship.' Roger Woolhouse, University of York

• Contributors; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction Paul Lodge; 2. Leibniz and his master: the correspondence with Jakob Thomasius Christia Mercer; 3. A philosophical apprenticeship: Leibniz's correspondence with the secretary of the Royal Society, Henry Oldenburg Philip Beeley; 4. The Leibniz-Foucher alliance and its philosophical bases Stuart Brown; 5. Leibniz to Arnauld: platonic and aristotelian themes on matter and corporeal substance Martha Brandt Bolton; 6. Leibniz and Fardella: body, substance and idealism Daniel Garber; 7. Leibniz's exchange with the Jesuits in China Franklin Perkins; 8. Leibniz's close encounter with cartesianism in the correspondence with De Volder Paul Lodge; 9. 'All the time and everywhere everything's the same as here': the principle of uniformity in the correspondence between Leibniz and Lady Masham Pauline Phemister; 10. Idealism declined: Leibniz and Christian Wolff Donald Rutherford; 11. On substance and relations in Leibniz's correspondence with Des Bosses Brandon Look; 12. '[…] et je serai tousjours la même pour vous': personal, political and philosophical dimensions of the Leibniz-Caroline correspondence Gregory Brown; References; Index.

'Often the papers do not deal simply with the doctrines discussed in the various exchanges but throw light on aspects of Leibnizian biography, and portray him as a real historical character with personal agendas, not merely as an abstract mind … a valuable addition to Leibniz scholarship.' Roger Woolhouse, University of York

• Contributors; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction Paul Lodge; 2. Leibniz and his master: the correspondence with Jakob Thomasius Christia Mercer; 3. A philosophical apprenticeship: Leibniz's correspondence with the secretary of the Royal Society, Henry Oldenburg Philip Beeley; 4. The Leibniz-Foucher alliance and its philosophical bases Stuart Brown; 5. Leibniz to Arnauld: platonic and aristotelian themes on matter and corporeal substance Martha Brandt Bolton; 6. Leibniz and Fardella: body, substance and idealism Daniel Garber; 7. Leibniz's exchange with the Jesuits in China Franklin Perkins; 8. Leibniz's close encounter with cartesianism in the correspondence with De Volder Paul Lodge; 9. 'All the time and everywhere everything's the same as here': the principle of uniformity in the correspondence between Leibniz and Lady Masham Pauline Phemister; 10. Idealism declined: Leibniz and Christian Wolff Donald Rutherford; 11. On substance and relations in Leibniz's correspondence with Des Bosses Brandon Look; 12. '[…] et je serai tousjours la même pour vous': personal, political and philosophical dimensions of the Leibniz-Caroline correspondence Gregory Brown; References; Index.