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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature
1748
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Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / g. Atomism
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Leibniz rejected atoms, because they must be elastic, and hence have parts [Leibniz, by Garber]
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Microscopes and the continuum suggest that matter is endlessly divisible [Leibniz]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / a. Early Modern matter
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Leibniz struggled to reconcile bodies with a reality of purely soul-like entities [Jolley on Leibniz]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / c. Matter as extension
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Leibniz eventually said resistance, rather than extension, was the essence of body [Leibniz, by Pasnau]
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