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Scientia Perspectiva. Leibniz and geometric perspective (2023)

Debuiche, Valérie (Author)
Mattia Brancato (Author)

Historia Mathematica
Volume: 63
Pages: 47-69
Publication date: 2023
Language: English

DOI: 10.1016/j.hm.2023.05.002

URI: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0315086023000150

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Philosophy of mathematics Perspective Geometry 18th century 17th century Germany Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von

Leibniz's manuscripts on perspective geometry remained unpublished and unknown until very recently. Among them, Scientia perspectiva stands out as the most complex and the most original. In this paper, we offer a thorough analysis of this manuscript, showing how Leibniz moves from perspective concepts fairly common at that time to a completely new idea of the practice that could have affected its entire history. This new science represents not only Leibniz's unique contribution to the development of perspective but also casts a new light on his own notion of space and geometry and their philosophical grounding. Résumé Les manuscrits de Leibniz sur la perspective géométrique sont demeurés inédits et inconnus jusqu'à récemment. Parmi eux, Scientia perspectiva apparaît comme le plus complexe. Dans cet article, nous en proposons une analyse minutieuse qui montre comment Leibniz passe de concepts perspectifs communs à cette époque à une conception entièrement nouvelle de cette pratique qui aurait pu modifier le cours de son histoire. Cette nouvelle science, qui présente la contribution unique de Leibniz au développement de la perspective, jette également une lumière nouvelle sur sa propre doctrine de l'espace et de la géométrie et sur leur fondement philosophique.

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