Leibniz's New Essays Concerning the Human Understanding: A Critical Exposition

CHAPTER I.

THE MAN.

"He who knows me only by my writings does not know me," said Leibniz. These words--true, indeed, of every writer, but true of Leibniz in a way which gives a peculiar interest and charm to his life--must be our excuse for prefacing what is to be said of his "New Essays concerning the Human Understanding" with a brief biographical sketch.<...