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Full Idea
There is no particle of matter which does not contain organic bodies.
Gist of Idea
Every particle of matter contains organic bodies
Source
Gottfried Leibniz (Principle of Life and Plastic Natures [1705], p.198)
Book Ref
Leibniz,Gottfried: 'Leibniz Selections', ed/tr. Wiener,Philip P. [Scribners 1951], p.198
A Reaction
Cf Idea 19416. There seems to be an interaction problem here (solved, presumably, by pre-established harmony). The organic bodies are there to explain the active behaviour of matter, but the related matter seems intrinsically inert.
Related Ideas
Idea 19416 Not all of matter is animated, any more than a pond full of living fish is animated [Leibniz]
Idea 21105 In 1676 it was discovered that water is teeming with life [Krauss]
| 19416 | Not all of matter is animated, any more than a pond full of living fish is animated [Leibniz] |
| 19417 | All substances are in harmony, even though separate, so they must have one divine cause [Leibniz] |
| 19418 | Mechanics shows that all motion originates in other motion, so there is a Prime Mover [Leibniz] |
| 19420 | Death and generation are just transformations of an animal, augmented or diminished [Leibniz] |
| 19419 | Not all of perception is accompanied by consciousness [Leibniz] |
| 19421 | Souls act as if there were no bodies, and bodies act as if there were no souls [Leibniz] |
| 19422 | Every particle of matter contains organic bodies [Leibniz] |