Single Idea 19422

[catalogued under 26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / a. Early Modern matter]

Full Idea

There is no particle of matter which does not contain organic bodies.

Gist of Idea

Every particle of matter contains organic bodies

Source

Gottfried Leibniz (Principle of Life and Plastic Natures [1705], p.198)

Book Reference

Leibniz,Gottfried: 'Leibniz Selections', ed/tr. Wiener,Philip P. [Scribners 1951], p.198


A Reaction

Cf Idea 19416. There seems to be an interaction problem here (solved, presumably, by pre-established harmony). The organic bodies are there to explain the active behaviour of matter, but the related matter seems intrinsically inert.

Related Ideas

Idea 19416 Not all of matter is animated, any more than a pond full of living fish is animated [Leibniz]

Idea 21105 In 1676 it was discovered that water is teeming with life [Krauss]