{"product_id":"living-mirrors-infinity-unity-and-life-in-leibnizs-philosophy-9780190907327","title":"Living Mirrors: Infinity, Unity, and Life in Leibniz's Philosophy","description":"In \u003cem\u003eLiving Mirrors\u003c\/em\u003e, Ohad Nachtomy examines Leibniz's attempt to re-enchant the natural world-that is, to infuse life, purpose, and value into the very foundations of nature, a nature that Leibniz saw as disenchanted by Descartes' and Spinoza's more naturalistic and mechanistic theories.\u003cbr\u003eNachtomy sees Leibniz's nuanced view of infinity- how it differs in the divine as well as human spheres, and its relationship to numerical and metaphysical unity-as key in this effort. Leibniz defined living beings by means of an infinite nested structure particular to what he called natural\u003cbr\u003emachines-and for him, an intermediate kind of infinity is the defining feature of living beings. Using a metaphor of a living mirror, Leibniz put forth infinity as crucial to explaining the unity of a living being as well as the harmony between the infinitely small and the infinitely large; in\u003cbr\u003ethis way, employing infinity and unity, we can better understand life itself, both as a metaphysical principle and as an empirical fact. Nachtomy's sophisticated and novel treatment of the essential themes in Leibniz's work will not only interest Leibniz scholars, but scholars of early modern\u003cbr\u003ephilosophy and students of the history of philosophy and science as well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohad Nachtomy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190907327\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOhad Nachtomy\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at Bar-Ilan University and a visiting member of the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton University. His recent books are \u003cem\u003eThe Life Sciences in Early Modern Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP 2014) and \u003cem\u003eMachines of Nature and Corporeal Substances in Leibniz \u003c\/em\u003e(2010), both coedited with Justin E. H. Smith; and \u003cem\u003ePossibility, Agency, and Individuality in Leibniz's Metaphysics\u003c\/em\u003e (2007).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39929226264691,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":87.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_5aa9a7df-ecc8-44c8-a6a1-677ddad69a80.jpg?v=1647612046","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/living-mirrors-infinity-unity-and-life-in-leibnizs-philosophy-9780190907327","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}