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Cook, D.J. (2008). Leibniz on Creation: A Contribution to His Philosophical Theology. In: Dascal, M. (eds) Leibniz: What Kind of Rationalist?. Logic, Epistemology, and The Unity Of Science, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8668-7_30
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