Nora Gädeke (Hannover): L’affaire de Monsieur Kortholt oder: Leibniz undercover – Eine Miszelle aus der Praxis der Leibnizedition

Since 1703 Leibniz has made intensive efforts to promote the sericulture in Brandenburg-Prussia and in the electorate of Saxony. For both territories he expected corresponding privileges of the king or elector, respectively, for both he designed plans regarding a long-termed economical benefit. As both enterprises stood in direct concurrence to each other Leibniz hat to conceal his activities in his correspondence and used therefore the name of one of his correspondents as an alias. This usage of names of correspondents as cover names already known from other instances in Leibniz’s correspondence can lead to a ‘predetermined breaking point’ within the historical-critical edition of Leibniz’s writings.

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