Hi Roger, What is this quote from? It is interesting! I don't quite agree with it, as the centers are not all that a monad must include for its definition...
On 8/23/2012 10:29 AM, Roger Clough wrote: > Hi Stephen P. King > " Leibniz propounds a pluralistic metaphysical idealism by reducing > the reality of the universe to > centres of /force,/ which are all ultimately spiritual in their > nature. Every centre of force is a substance, > an individual, and is different from other centres of force. Such > centres of force, Leibniz calls monads. > These forces are unextended, not subject to division in space. None, > excepting, of course, God, can > destroy these monads, and so they are considered to be immortal in > essence. Though quantitatively, the monads a.." > Roger Clough, [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > 8/23/2012 > Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so > everything could function." > -- Onward! Stephen "Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed." ~ Francis Bacon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
