Before revision: Also important is the conflict between Clarke's and Leibniz's opinions on free will and whether God must create the best of all possible worlds.Rowe, p. 4 Leibniz had published only a book on moral matters, the Theodicée (1710), and his more metaphysical views had never been exposed to a sufficient extent, so the collected letters were met with interest by their contemporaries.
After revision: Also importonent is the conflict between Clarke's and Leibniz's opinions on free will and whether God must create the best of all possible worlds.Rowe, p. 4 Leibniz had published only a book on moral matters, the Theodicée (1710), and his more metaphysical views had never been exposed to a sufficient extent, so the collected letters were met with interest by their contemporaries.