TY - JOUR
T1 - Leibniz and geography
T2 - Geologist, paleontologist, biologist, historian, political theorist and geopolitician
AU - Elden, S.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This article discusses the way that the German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Leibniz (1646-1716) made a number of significant contributions to geography. In outlining his contributions as a geologist, palaeontologist, biologist, historian, political theorist and geopolitician, it challenges the straightforward way he is read in geography. Particular focus is on his Protogaea, the Annales Imperii and the Consilium Ae- gyptiacum, respectively a pre-history of the earth, a chronology of German nobility in the Middle Ages, and a military-strategic proposal to King Louis XIV. Making use of contemporary debates about ways of reading Leibniz, and drawing on a wide range of his writings, the article indicates just how much remains to be discovered about his work.
AB - This article discusses the way that the German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Leibniz (1646-1716) made a number of significant contributions to geography. In outlining his contributions as a geologist, palaeontologist, biologist, historian, political theorist and geopolitician, it challenges the straightforward way he is read in geography. Particular focus is on his Protogaea, the Annales Imperii and the Consilium Ae- gyptiacum, respectively a pre-history of the earth, a chronology of German nobility in the Middle Ages, and a military-strategic proposal to King Louis XIV. Making use of contemporary debates about ways of reading Leibniz, and drawing on a wide range of his writings, the article indicates just how much remains to be discovered about his work.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84984415365&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5194/gh-68-81-2013
DO - 10.5194/gh-68-81-2013
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84984415365
SN - 0016-7312
VL - 68
SP - 81
EP - 93
JO - Geographica Helvetica
JF - Geographica Helvetica
IS - 2
ER -