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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance

12776	Every substance is alive [Leibniz]
	Full Idea: Every substance is alive.
	From: Gottfried Leibniz (Letters to Des Bosses [1715], 1712.02.05)
	A reaction: The most charitable interpretation of this is that substances are what have unity, and the best model of unity that we can grasp is the unity of an organism. The less charitable view is that he literally thinks a pebble is 'alive'. Hm.