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Ideas from 'Pacidius Philalethi dialogue' by Gottfried Leibniz [1676], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Leibniz Akademie Edition' by Leibniz,Gottfried (ed/tr [Berlin Akademie]) [Berline Akademie 1999,]].

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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects
12697 Indivisibles are not parts, but the extrema of parts
                        Full Idea: Indivisibles are not parts, but the extrema of parts.
                        From: Gottfried Leibniz (Pacidius Philalethi dialogue [1676], A6.3.565-6), quoted by Daniel Garber - Leibniz:Body,Substance,Monad 1
                        A reaction: This is incipient monadology, that the bottom level of division ceases to be parts of a thing, and arrives at a different order of entity, to explain the parts of things. Leibniz denies that this subdivision comes down to points.