Jeff Lambert is assistant director for educational development at the Center for Teaching Excellence at Duquesne University, where he also teaches a range of philosophy courses.

“In Monadological Intimacy: The Relational Operation of Folds in Leibniz and Deleuze, Jeff Lambert develops a novel and systematic articulation of Leibniz’s metaphysics that is robust, subtle, and meticulously argued. Carefully explicating and threading together Leibnizian thematics including the fold and complexion, ideality and virtuality, the problem of the continuum and the theory of relations, Lambert comes to elaborate a concept of intimacy that not only illuminates Leibniz’s philosophy but points beyond it toward a genuine ethical horizon. Monadological Intimacy is a rewarding work of philosophical scholarship and creativity.”

• List of AbbreviationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter One: The FoldChapter Two: Relations and Logical ReduplicativesChapter Three: The Formal Virtual Reality of RelationsChapter Four: The Ideality and Appetition of RelationsChapter Five: The Orders of IntimacyConclusionEpilogue: Unfolding ApplicationsBibliographyAppendix: Further ReadingAbout the Author

Jeff Lambert is assistant director for educational development at the Center for Teaching Excellence at Duquesne University, where he also teaches a range of philosophy courses.

“In Monadological Intimacy: The Relational Operation of Folds in Leibniz and Deleuze, Jeff Lambert develops a novel and systematic articulation of Leibniz’s metaphysics that is robust, subtle, and meticulously argued. Carefully explicating and threading together Leibnizian thematics including the fold and complexion, ideality and virtuality, the problem of the continuum and the theory of relations, Lambert comes to elaborate a concept of intimacy that not only illuminates Leibniz’s philosophy but points beyond it toward a genuine ethical horizon. Monadological Intimacy is a rewarding work of philosophical scholarship and creativity.”

• List of AbbreviationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter One: The FoldChapter Two: Relations and Logical ReduplicativesChapter Three: The Formal Virtual Reality of RelationsChapter Four: The Ideality and Appetition of RelationsChapter Five: The Orders of IntimacyConclusionEpilogue: Unfolding ApplicationsBibliographyAppendix: Further ReadingAbout the Author

Jeff Lambert is assistant director for educational development at the Center for Teaching Excellence at Duquesne University, where he also teaches a range of philosophy courses.

“In Monadological Intimacy: The Relational Operation of Folds in Leibniz and Deleuze, Jeff Lambert develops a novel and systematic articulation of Leibniz’s metaphysics that is robust, subtle, and meticulously argued. Carefully explicating and threading together Leibnizian thematics including the fold and complexion, ideality and virtuality, the problem of the continuum and the theory of relations, Lambert comes to elaborate a concept of intimacy that not only illuminates Leibniz’s philosophy but points beyond it toward a genuine ethical horizon. Monadological Intimacy is a rewarding work of philosophical scholarship and creativity.”

• List of AbbreviationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter One: The FoldChapter Two: Relations and Logical ReduplicativesChapter Three: The Formal Virtual Reality of RelationsChapter Four: The Ideality and Appetition of RelationsChapter Five: The Orders of IntimacyConclusionEpilogue: Unfolding ApplicationsBibliographyAppendix: Further ReadingAbout the Author