Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a major contributor to mathematics, physics, philosophy, theology, logic, and early computer science; independent inventor of calculus in mathematics; inventor of energy and the action principle in physics; jurist, genealogist, diplomat, librarian; worked towards reunification of Catholic and Protestant faiths.
This in-progress article will list all his published and unpublished works primarily based on the Leibniz Library in Hannover[1][circular reference],[2] and its online catalog.[3]
Year | Title and description | WikiSource versions | English | German | French |
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1714 | Monadology | Monadology | Monadology Latta(tr) | -- | Monadologie |
1710 | Théodicée | -- | -- | -- | -- |
1704 | New Essays on Human Understanding | Nouveaux Essais sur l’entendement humain | external[4][5] | -- | Nouveaux Essais sur l’entendement humain |
1693 | Protogaea | -- | -- | -- | -- |
1666 | De Arte Combinatoria[6] | -- | -- | -- | -- |
1686 | Discourse on Metaphysics | Discourse on Metaphysics | external[7] | -- | Discourse on Metaphysics |
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1677 | That not all possibles attain existence | -- | external[8] | -- | -- |
1684 | Nova Methodus pro Maximis et Minimis[9] | -- | [external[10] | -- | -- |
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Notes:
1. Dates in the table refer to the estimated date of completion of manuscripts if first publication occurred after Leibniz's death (1716).
2. Title and description link to English Wikipedia article if available.