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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined

12756	Substance is a force for acting and being acted upon [Leibniz]
	Full Idea: The very substance in things consists of a force for acting and being acted upon.
	From: Gottfried Leibniz (On Nature Itself (De Ipsa Natura) [1698], §08)
	A reaction: Garber places this text just before the spiritual notion of monads took a grip on Leibniz. He seems to have thought that only some non-physical entity, with appetite and perception, could generate force. Wrong.