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Full Idea
Every substance is alive.
Gist of Idea
Every substance is alive
Source
Gottfried Leibniz (Letters to Des Bosses [1715], 1712.02.05)
Book Ref
Leibniz,Gottfried: 'Philosophical Essays', ed/tr. Arlew,R /Garber,D [Hackett 1989], p.200
A Reaction
The most charitable interpretation of this is that substances are what have unity, and the best model of unity that we can grasp is the unity of an organism. The less charitable view is that he literally thinks a pebble is 'alive'. Hm.