more from Gottfried Leibniz

Single Idea 12722

[catalogued under 8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence]

Full Idea

I believe that our thought is completed and terminated more in the notion of the dynamic [i.e. force] than in that of extension.

Gist of Idea

Thought terminates in force, rather than extension

Source

Gottfried Leibniz (Letters to Burcher De Volder [1706], G II 170), quoted by Daniel Garber - Leibniz:Body,Substance,Monad 4

Book Reference

Garber,Daniel: 'Leibniz: Body, Substance, Monad' [OUP 2009], p.164


A Reaction

Presenting this as the place where 'our thought' is 'terminated' seems to place it as mainly having a role in explanation, rather than in speculative metaphysics.