Antognazza leibniz biography of michaels

Review

"This is a magnificent portrait of Leibniz in all his depth and complexity. Antognazza’s Leibniz is a philosopher and a mathematician, a diplomat, a theologian, a courtier, an historian and an engineer, but most of all a human being, struggling to realize his grand ambitions. Antognazza has written the biography that we have been awaiting for many years, and it will be the standard account for many years to come."
Daniel Garber, Princeton University


“In my opinion, this is the best intellectual biography of Leibniz ever written. Maria Rosa Antognazza's vivid picture of Leibniz’s protean personality and her reliable account of Leibniz’s main achievements in the various fields to which he devoted his genius will be easily accessible even to the general reader.”
Massimo Mugnai, Scuola Normale Superiore


“The first modern biography, properly wary of anachronism, was published by Gottschalk Guhrauer in 1842, and, dull as it is, it has remained authoritative ever since. Maria Leibniz short biography.