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Ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Leibniz:Body,Substance,Monad' and 'The World as Will and Idea'

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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature

4179	The essence of nature is the will to life itself [Schopenhauer]
	Full Idea: The essence of nature is the will to life itself.
	From: Arthur Schopenhauer (The World as Will and Idea [1819], IV.60)
	A reaction: How would he have responded to Darwin? The will to life is the product, there, of a different and more remote force, such as the 'energy' of the physicist (whatever that is!).

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / g. Atomism

12705	Epicurean atoms are distinguished by their extreme hardness [Garber]
	Full Idea: In Epicurean atomism (of Cordemoy, for example) there is a world of basic things distinguished by virtue of their extreme hardness.
	From: Daniel Garber (Leibniz:Body,Substance,Monad [2009], 2)
	A reaction: Garber says that Leibniz espouses 'substantial atomism', which is different from this. Leibniz's atoms have active power, where these atoms just embody total resistance.