A Collection of Papers, which passed between the late learned Mr. Leibnitz and Dr. Clarke

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"A Collection of Papers, which passed between the late learned Mr. Leibnitz and Dr. Clarke" is a famous early 18th-century philosophical and theological correspondence debating metaphysics, space, time, and God's nature between Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Samuel Clarke.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
early modern philosophical work ⓘ
philosophical correspondence ⓘ
theological correspondence ⓘ
associatedWith Isaac Newton NERFINISHED ⓘ
author Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samuel Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ
correspondent Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samuel Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre metaphysics ⓘ
natural theology ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
hasForm epistolary exchange ⓘ
hasParticipantRole Clarke as defender of Newtonian natural philosophy ⓘ
Leibniz as critic of Newtonian absolute space ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early Modern philosophy ⓘ
influenced natural theology in the 18th century ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
subsequent debates on space and time ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject God ⓘ
divine attributes ⓘ
free will ⓘ
laws of nature ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
miracles ⓘ
space ⓘ
time ⓘ
notableFor contrast between relational and absolute conceptions of space and time ⓘ
debate over Newtonian physics ⓘ
discussion of God's perfection and wisdom ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
philosophicalPositionDebated God's relation to the world ⓘ
absolute space ⓘ
absolute time ⓘ
divine freedom ⓘ
pre-established harmony ⓘ
principle of sufficient reason ⓘ
publicationCentury 18th century ⓘ

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Samuel Clarke → notableWork → A Collection of Papers, which passed between the late learned Mr. Leibnitz and Dr. Clarke ⓘ