Combining Philosophers

Ideas for New Scientist writers, Gottfried Leibniz and Johanna Oksala

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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / a. Nature of supervenience
12922 A thing 'expresses' another if they have a constant and fixed relationship [Leibniz]
7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / c. Monads
19405 Substances are in harmony, because they each express the one reality in themselves [Leibniz]
7565 Leibniz proposes monads, since there must be basic things, which are immaterial in order to have unity [Leibniz, by Jolley]
5044 Reality must be made of basic unities, which will be animated, substantial points [Leibniz]
13174 A piece of flint contains something resembling perceptions and appetites [Leibniz]
13175 Entelechies are analogous to souls, as other minds are analogous to our own minds [Leibniz]
12747 Monads are not extended, but have a kind of situation in extension [Leibniz]
12748 Only monads are substances, and bodies are collections of them [Leibniz]
5060 All substances analyse down to simple substances, which are souls, or 'monads' [Leibniz]
19377 A monad and its body are living, so life is everywhere, and comes in infinite degrees [Leibniz]
19385 All simply substances are in harmony, because they all represent the one universe [Leibniz]
12774 Without a substantial chain to link monads, they would just be coordinated dreams [Leibniz]
12777 Monads do not make a unity unless a substantial chain is added to them [Leibniz]
12782 Monads control nothing outside of themselves [Leibniz]
7644 The monad idea incomprehensibly spiritualises matter, instead of materialising soul [La Mettrie on Leibniz]
11857 He replaced Aristotelian continuants with monads [Leibniz, by Wiggins]
7843 Is a drop of urine really an infinity of thinking monads? [Voltaire on Leibniz]
12751 It is unclear in 'Monadology' how extended bodies relate to mind-like monads. [Garber on Leibniz]
19363 Changes in a monad come from an internal principle, and the diversity within its substance [Leibniz]
19352 A 'monad' has basic perception and appetite; a 'soul' has distinct perception and memory [Leibniz]
7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / a. Abstract/concrete
12966 Objects of ideas can be divided into abstract and concrete, and then further subdivided [Leibniz]