The Monadology (French: La Monadologie, 1714) is one of Gottfried Leibniz 's best known works of his later philosophy. It is a short text which presents, in some 90 paragraphs, a metaphysics …

The Monadology by Gottfried Wilhelm LEIBNIZ _____ English translation by Robert Latta, 1898. _____ 1. The Monad, of which we shall here speak, is nothing but a simple substance, which …

According to some philosophers of the early modern period, most notably Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, there are infinite monads, which are the basic and immense forces elementary …

The monad, of which we will speak here, is nothing else than a simple substance, which goes to make up compounds; by simple, we mean without parts. 2. There must be simple substances …

Dec 22, 2007 · Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) was one of the great thinkers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and is known as the last “universal genius”. He made …

Jun 8, 2023 · The Monadology outlines Leibniz’s understanding of the nature of reality, the existence of individual substances, and the interconnectedness of all things. In this essay, we …

Leibniz’s Monadology is a wild text. Famously in it he argues that everything is monads, more or less. But what does that mean? I want to here trace a line through the text and hopefully make …

Leibniz begins with a definition of the monad: a simple substance which enters into compounds. The notion of substance is a very rich metaphysical category which has its roots in the writings …

Leibniz began work on the “Monadology” in the summer of 1714, while on an extended visit to Vienna. Its composition was prompted by the entreaties of Nicolas Remond for further details …

Monadology G. W. Leibniz sense of completeness, self-sufficiency, causal power. In 62 he will connect ‘entelechy’ with the monad’s central role in the life of a body of which it is the soul.] …