FIRST PHILOSOPHY,

OR

ONTOLOGY,

TREATED BY THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD, original: "methodo scientifica"; Wolff’s method applied the strict logical rigor of mathematics to philosophical questions to achieve absolute certainty.

IN WHICH

THE PRINCIPLES

OF ALL HUMAN KNOWLEDGE

ARE CONTAINED.

BY THE AUTHOR

CHRISTIAN WOLFF, Wolff (1679–1754) was a central figure of the German Enlightenment, known for systematizing the philosophy of Leibniz.

COUNCILOR OF STATE TO THE MOST POWERFUL KING OF THE SWEDES AND LANDGRAVE OF HESSE, Referring to Frederick I of Sweden, who was also the ruler of Hesse-Kassel, where Wolff taught in exile. PRIMARY PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS AND PHILOSOPHY IN THE ACADEMY OF MARBURG, HONORARY PROFESSOR OF ST. PETERSBURG, MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF PARIS AND OF THE ROYAL SOCIETIES OF BRITAIN AND PRUSSIA.

NEW EDITION

MORE CORRECTED THAN THE PREVIOUS ONE.

FRANKFURT AND LEIPZIG, 1736.

AVAILABLE AT THE RENGER BOOKSHOP.

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