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Single Idea 12923

[from 'Letters to Antoine Arnauld' by Gottfried Leibniz, in 9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance ]

Full Idea

Every bodily substance must have a soul, or at least an entelechy which is analogous to the soul.

Clarification

An 'entelechy' is an actual essence

Gist of Idea

Every bodily substance must have a soul, or something analogous to a soul

Source

Gottfried Leibniz (Letters to Antoine Arnauld [1686], 1687.10.09)

Book Reference

Leibniz,Gottfried: 'The Leibniz-Arnauld Correspondence', ed/tr. Mason,HT/Parkinson,GHR [Manchester UP 1967], p.154


A Reaction

He routinely commits to a 'soul', and then pulls back and says it may only be an 'analogy'. He had deep doubts about his whole scheme, which emerged in the late correspondence with Des Bosses. This not monads, says Garber.