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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects

12697	Indivisibles are not parts, but the extrema of parts [Leibniz]
	Full Idea: Indivisibles are not parts, but the extrema of parts.
	From: Gottfried Leibniz (Pacidius Philalethi dialogue [1676], A6.3.565-6), quoted by Daniel Garber - Leibniz:Body,Substance,Monad 1
	A reaction: This is incipient monadology, that the bottom level of division ceases to be parts of a thing, and arrives at a different order of entity, to explain the parts of things. Leibniz denies that this subdivision comes down to points.