Bøger af Catherine Wilson

When Brave made a promise to protect the kingdom of Theron, she did so with the understanding she may have to give up the one person she longs for the most. Now, with Aras free from Knox's grasp and her little sister wielding a magic of her own, Brave's vow doesn't seem nearly as simple as it first appeared. Desperate to save Ian's heart while holding onto Aras' love, Brave must put her feelings aside to help Theron defeat its biggest threat yet-her father. Teaming up with friends and foes from the past, Brave and Ian develop a plan to end Knox's reign once and for all. But when Vivi decides to change their tactics with a scheme of her own, Brave's entire world is turned upside down. No longer is she fighting just to save a kingdom... now she must rescue everyone she holds dear. In this thrilling end to The Orien Trilogy, only one thing is certain-war brews on the horizon, and Brave will have to face her toughest battle yet. Will she follow the path the stars have laid out for her, or will she create a destiny of her own?

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This study of the metaphysics of G. W. Leibniz gives a clear picture of his philosophical development within the general scheme of seventeenth-century natural philosophy. Catherine Wilson examines the shifts in Leibniz's thinking as he confronted the major philosophical problems of his era. Beginning with his interest in artificial languages and calculi for proof and discovery, the author proceeds to an examination of Leibniz's early theories of matter and motion, to the phenomenalistic turn in his theory of substance and his subsequent de-emphasis of logical determinism, and finally to his doctrines of harmony and optimization. Specific attention is given to Leibniz's understanding of Descartes and his successors, Malebranche and Spinoza, and the English philosophers Newton, Cudworth, and Locke.Wilson analyzes Leibniz's complex response to the new mechanical philosophy, his discontent with the foundations on which it rested, and his return to the past to locate the resources for reconstructing it. She argues that the continuum-problem is the key to an understanding not only of Leibniz's monadology but also of his views on the substantiality of the self and the impossibility of external causal influence. A final chapter considers the problem of Leibniz-reception in the post-Kantian era, and the difficulty of coming to terms with a metaphysics that is not only philosophically "e;critical"e; but, at the same time, "e;compensatory."e;Originally published in 1990.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Focusing on the earliest forays into microscopical research, from 1620 to 1720, this book provides technological history of the knowledge that helped launch philosophy into the modern era. It argues that the discovery of microworld presented metaphysicians with the task of reconciling the ubiquity of life with human-centered theological systems.