The Physical Monadology (translation from the Latin by Roberto Torretti)

Abstract

This text is one of the three Latin dissertations that was brought up for discussion before the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Königsberg. Torretti explains that it served as the basis for Kant's second dispute on April 10, 1756, when the philosopher believed that he could obtain the Chair of Mathematics and Philosophy vacant since the death of his teacher Martin Knutzen (1713-1751). This translation is based on the Kurd Lasswitz edition, included in volume I, pages 475-487, of the academic edition of Kant's Works. The German translation by Wilhelm Weischedel (in Kant, Vorkritische Schriften bis 1768, Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1960) is also taken into consideration.