FIRST PHILOSOPHY,

ONTOLOGY,

TREATED ACCORDING TO THE

SCIENTIFIC METHOD,

IN WHICH

THE PRINCIPLES OF ALL

HUMAN KNOWLEDGE

ARE CONTAINED.

Wolff uses the term "First Philosophy" (original: "Philosophia Prima") in the tradition of Aristotle to denote the study of the most fundamental principles of reality. The "Scientific Method" mentioned here refers to Wolff's "mathematical method," where philosophy is presented as a series of rigorous, logical deductions similar to geometry.

BY THE AUTHOR De Murr.

The name "De Murr" appears to be a later handwritten addition, likely referring to Christoph Gottlieb von Murr (1733–1811), a famous German scholar and collector who may have once owned this volume.

CHRISTIAN WOLFF,

HESSIAN COURT COUNCILOR, PRIMARY PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS AND

PHILOSOPHY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MARBURG, AND P. T. DEAN

The abbreviation "P. T." (original: "pro tempore") means "for the time being" or "currently," indicating Wolff was the presiding Dean of the faculty at the time of publication.

OF THE FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY, HONORARY PROFESSOR AT

ST. PETERSBURG, AND FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETIES

OF BRITAIN AND PRUSSIA,

Christian Wolff (1679–1754) was the most influential German philosopher between Leibniz and Kant. His titles here reflect his high status as both a government advisor and a member of the leading European scientific academies of the Enlightenment.

FRANKFURT & LEIPZIG, 1730.

AVAILABLE AT THE RENGER BOOKSHOP.

The Renger family (original: "Officina Libraria Rengeriana") was a major academic publishing house in Halle and Leipzig, known for producing the works of the leading Enlightenment thinkers.