Hi Stephen P. King L's universe is a case of downward causation from the top (the One). So the top (the One) is absolutely necessary. You must be thinking of materialism, which causes upward from the bottom and is Godless and mindless, at least strictly speaking.
[Roger Clough], [[email protected]] 12/6/2012 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen ----- Receiving the following content ----- From: Stephen P. King Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-12-05, 19:39:49 Subject: Re: a paper on Leibnizian mathematical ideas On 12/5/2012 12:45 PM, Roger Clough wrote: > Hi Stephen P. King > God isn't artificially inserted into L's metaphysics, > it's a necessary part, because everything else (the monads) > afre blind and passive. Just as necessary as the One is to Plato's > metaphysics. Dear Roger, OK, it is just that L's God is being used as a means to by pass a problem that we now can solve. The role of the One to act as an external absolute observer is no longer a necessary hypothesis. This is not to say that I am an atheist! I see God as the Creative force of Life in the Omniverse. -- Onward! Stephen -- 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. -- 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.
