The Principle of ReasonAn important and influential lecture course that the author gave in 1955-56, which takes as its focal point Leibniz's principle: nothing is without reason. This work shows that the principle of reason is in fact a principle of being. It also contains important discussions of language, translation, reason, objectivity, and technology. |
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