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Parfaits Miroirs De L'univers'': A `Virtual' Interpretation of Leibnizian Metaphysics

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Boos, W. Parfaits Miroirs De L'univers'': A `Virtual' Interpretation of Leibnizian Metaphysics. Synthese 136, 281–304 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024745012471

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