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GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ: THE ART OF CONTROVERSIES
The New Synthese Historical Library
Texts and Studies in the History of Philosophy
VOLUME 60
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Luca Obertello, Università degli Studi di Genova
Eleonore Stump, St. Louis University
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The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ
The Art of Controversies
Translated and Edited, with an Introductory Essay and Notes
by
MARCELO DASCAL
Tel Aviv University, Israel
with
QUINT´IN RACIONERO AND ADELINO CARDOSO
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