CLARKE, Samuel.

A Collection of Papers, which passed between the late Learned Mr. Leibnitz, and Dr. Clarke, in the Years 1715 and 1716. Relating to the Principles of Natural Philosophy and Religion. With an Appendix. To which are added, Letters to Dr. Clarke concerning Liberty and Necessity; From a Gentleman of the University of Cambridge: With the Doctor's Answers to them. Also Remarks upon a Book, Entituled, A Philosophical Enquiry concerning Human Liberty.

xiii, [3], 416, 46 pp. 8vo, cont. panelled calf (expertly rebacked to match, some browning throughout due to the quality of the paper), spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: J. Knapton, 1717. First edition. Clarke (1675-1729), was a close friend of Newton and defended him against the charges of atheism posed by Leibniz. This defense sparked an exchange of ten letters, each of increasing length, between Clarke and Leibniz, that lasted until the latter’s death in November of 1716. This book prints these important letters for the first time. “Clarke saw the conflict with Leibniz as involving not merely a differing interpretation of the physical universe and its phenomena but as a far more basic one implying a struggle between freedom and necessity…Clarke’s most direct contribution to physics during the course of this correspondence came in a footnote to his fifth paper, in which he considered the problem of computing the force of a moving body.”–D.S.B., III, p. 296. Apart from the browning, a fine copy. Lacking the leaf of ads at end. Ex Bibliotheca Mechanica. ❧ Babson 229. Roberts & Trent, Bibliotheca Mechanica, p. 75.

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