Single Idea 12713

[catalogued under 8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence]

Full Idea

Leibniz's form contains both sensation and appetite, and he seems to associate appetite with the ability a body has to act on another.

Gist of Idea

Forms have sensation and appetite, the latter being the ability to act on other bodies

Source

report of Gottfried Leibniz (works [1690]) by Daniel Garber - Leibniz:Body,Substance,Monad 3

Book Reference

Garber,Daniel: 'Leibniz: Body, Substance, Monad' [OUP 2009], p.122


A Reaction

It strikes me (you may be surprised to hear) that this concept is not unlike Nietzsche's all-mastering 'will to power'. I offer Idea 7140 in evidence.

Related Idea

Idea 7140 Chemical 'laws' are merely the establishment of power relations between weaker and stronger [Nietzsche]