 Understandably, given the nature of his position, most of Wolff’s initial publications were devoted to mathematics and natural science, including an introduction to mathematics in 1710 and an influential mathematical dictionary in 1716. Around 1710, however, he began to lecture on more narrowly philosophical topics, publishing his Vernünfftige Gedancken von den Kräfften des menschlichen Verstandes und ihrem richtigen Gebrauche in Erkäntnis der Wahrheit (Rational Thoughts on the Powers of the Human Understanding and its Propert Use in the Cognition of Truth) [the “German Logic”, hereafter GL] in 1713. Thus began Wolff’s famous series of German-language textbooks on philosophical topics, which would grow to include the Vernünftige Gedanken von Gott, der Welt und der Seele des Menschen, auch allen Dingen überhaupt (Rational Thoughts on God, the World and the Soul of Man, and on All Things in General) [the “German Metaphysics”, hereafter GM] in 1719 (albeit with a publication date of 1720), and the Vernünfftige Gedancken von der Menschen Thun und Lassen, zu Beförderung ihrer Glückseligkeit (Rational Thoughts on Human Actions for the Promotion of their Happiness) [the “German Ethics”, hereafter GE] in 1720, followed by the “German Politics” in 1721, the “German Physics” in 1723, and the “German Teleology” in 1724.