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Single Idea 19352
[filed under theme 7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / c. Monads
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Full Idea
The general name 'monad' or 'entelechy' may suffice for those substances which have nothing but perception and appetition; the name 'souls' may be reserved for those having perception that is more distinct and accompanied by memory.
Gist of Idea
A 'monad' has basic perception and appetite; a 'soul' has distinct perception and memory
Source
Gottfried Leibniz (Monadology [1716], §19)
Book Ref
Leibniz,Gottfried: 'Monadology and Other Philosophical Essays', ed/tr. Schrecker,P [Bobbs-Merrill 1965], p.150
A Reaction
It is basic to the study of Leibniz that you don't think monads are full-blown consciousnesses. He isn't really a panpsychist, because the level of mental activity is so minimal. There seem to be degrees of monadhood.
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[minimal purposeful units as basic to existence]:
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Substances are in harmony, because they each express the one reality in themselves
[Leibniz]
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11857
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He replaced Aristotelian continuants with monads
[Leibniz, by Wiggins]
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7843
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Is a drop of urine really an infinity of thinking monads?
[Voltaire on Leibniz]
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12751
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It is unclear in 'Monadology' how extended bodies relate to mind-like monads.
[Garber on Leibniz]
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7644
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The monad idea incomprehensibly spiritualises matter, instead of materialising soul
[La Mettrie on Leibniz]
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19363
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Changes in a monad come from an internal principle, and the diversity within its substance
[Leibniz]
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19352
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A 'monad' has basic perception and appetite; a 'soul' has distinct perception and memory
[Leibniz]
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19377
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A monad and its body are living, so life is everywhere, and comes in infinite degrees
[Leibniz]
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5044
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Reality must be made of basic unities, which will be animated, substantial points
[Leibniz]
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5060
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All substances analyse down to simple substances, which are souls, or 'monads'
[Leibniz]
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13174
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A piece of flint contains something resembling perceptions and appetites
[Leibniz]
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13175
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Entelechies are analogous to souls, as other minds are analogous to our own minds
[Leibniz]
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19385
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All simply substances are in harmony, because they all represent the one universe
[Leibniz]
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12747
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Monads are not extended, but have a kind of situation in extension
[Leibniz]
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12748
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Only monads are substances, and bodies are collections of them
[Leibniz]
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12774
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Without a substantial chain to link monads, they would just be coordinated dreams
[Leibniz]
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12777
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Monads do not make a unity unless a substantial chain is added to them
[Leibniz]
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12782
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Monads control nothing outside of themselves
[Leibniz]
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7565
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Leibniz proposes monads, since there must be basic things, which are immaterial in order to have unity
[Leibniz, by Jolley]
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14869
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If some sort of experience is at the root of matter, then human knowledge is close to its essence
[Nietzsche]
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21226
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Husserl sees the ego as a monad, unifying presence, sense and intentional acts
[Husserl, by Velarde-Mayol]
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12695
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Epicurean atomists say body is sensible, to distinguish it from space.
[Garber]
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21105
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In 1676 it was discovered that water is teeming with life
[Krauss]
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21453
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Leibnizian monads qualify as Kantian noumena
[Gardner]
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