LEIBNIZ Y EL LABERINTO DE LA NADA: LA ONTOLOGÍA EN MANOS DE UN ESCOLÁSTICO FURTIVO.

In his strictly private philosophical papers, Leibniz systematically tries to define the concept 'nothingness'. Although Leibniz scholars have not paid special attention to them, the value of these pieces rests on both the aporetic character they have and the need Leibniz had to find a way out from the ontological labyrinth where they lead: the labyrinth of nothingness. The task of this research is to reveal the difficulties involved in --what we call it-- the Leibnizian doctrine of nothingness, pointing out its importance in the light of Leibniz's general ontology. Through an analytic survey of several Leibniz's personal manuscripts, we will try to expose the way in which the difficulties Leibniz threats lead him to admit that nothingness is conceivable. Furtively Leibniz becomes thus in what he rejects: A Scholastic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]