Die philosophischen Schriften Vol. 2

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...be gained from the entire scientific activity of Leibniz, of which the first attempts have barely been made. The editor suggests that, at the time of this writing, scholarship on the full breadth of Leibniz's work was still in its earliest stages.

The Royal Academy of Sciences in Berlin Royal Academy of Sciences in Berlin: A learned society founded in 1700 under the auspices of Frederick I of Prussia, with Leibniz serving as its first president. and the administration of the Royal Library in Hanover Royal Library in Hanover: Now the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek, this institution preserves the vast "Leibniz-Archiv," containing the majority of his massive literary estate. have supported the present undertaking with the most distinguished generosity and courtesy; the editor expresses his deepest gratitude for this support.