The paper focuses on Bayle's and Leibniz's intervention into the debate on Cudworth "plastick nature" or Leclerc's "natures plastique", and on the relationship of this concept with the Leibnizian concept - recently much discussed - of the «machines de la nature". Also Leibniz's confrontation with Cudworth's daughter, lady Masham, is taken into account, to get a comprehensive view of this multi-faceted dialogue, which reflects a complex rethinking of the concept of nature, at the crossroad of finalism, mechanism and vitalism.
La nature en question : Leibniz, Bayle et la querelle des natures plastiques / S. Di Bella (STUDIA LEIBNITIANA SUPPLEMENTA). - In: Leibniz et Bayle: confrontation et dialogue / [a cura di] C. Leduc, P. Rateau, J.L. Solère. - Prima edizione. - Stuttgart : Franz Steiner Verlag, 2015. - ISBN 9783515106382. - pp. 219-245
La nature en question : Leibniz, Bayle et la querelle des natures plastiques
S. Di BellaPrimo
2015
Abstract
The paper focuses on Bayle's and Leibniz's intervention into the debate on Cudworth "plastick nature" or Leclerc's "natures plastique", and on the relationship of this concept with the Leibnizian concept - recently much discussed - of the «machines de la nature". Also Leibniz's confrontation with Cudworth's daughter, lady Masham, is taken into account, to get a comprehensive view of this multi-faceted dialogue, which reflects a complex rethinking of the concept of nature, at the crossroad of finalism, mechanism and vitalism.
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