Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) dedicated much of his life to some of the most central debates of his time. This title presents his views through actual controversies in which he participated, in several domains.

1. Foreword; 2. Abbreviations; 3. Contributors; 4. 1. The principle of continuity and the 'paradox' of Leibnizian mathematics (by Serfati, Michel); 5. 2. Geometrization or mathematization: Christiaan Huygens's critiques of infinitesimal analysis in his correspondence with Leibniz (by Chareix, Fabien); 6. 3. Leibniz and the vis viva controversy (by Shimony, Idan); 7. 4. The controversy between Leibniz and Papin: From the public debate to the correspondence (by Rey, Anne-Lise); 8. 5. Leibniz vs. Stahl: A controversy well beyond medicine and chemistry (by Carvallo, Sarah); 9. 6. Leibniz's conciliatory approaches in scientific controversies (by Dascal, Marcelo); 10. 7. Leibniz vs. Lamy: How does confused perception unite soul and body? (by Blank, Andreas); 11. 8. Leibniz vs. Foucher: Is there anything wrong with the Systeme Nouveau? (by Mendonca, Marta); 12. 9. Quantification of natural and positive laws: How to organize privileges? (by Boucher, Pol); 13. 10. Leibniz's critique of Pufendorf: A dispute in the eve of the Enlightenment (by Doring, Detlef); 14. 11. Leibniz vs. Jablonski: An intestine struggle on uniting the Protestant camp (by Rudolph, Hartmut); 15. 12. The golden rule: Aspects of Leibniz's method for religious controversy (by Laerke, Mogens); 16. 13. Leibniz vs. Bossuet: Which reasons for Irenicism? (by Fremont, Christiane); 17. Name index; 18. Subject index