Hi Stephen P. King 1) No two monads can be the same, so at least one of them within each type has to be the dominant one. This is like a representative govt wherein the dominant one governs its subset. And it is governed by higher levels.
2) As that suggests, there are levels of monads, each monad "containing" a myriad of monads, not physically but as a logical subset. Here would be an example of three monads : Animal->dog->small->barking Animal->dog->large->barking Animal->dog->large->not-barking 3) "Above" animals you have man, and to my mind at least you have a higher level than man, say intellectual with a spiritual level (it is not specified), which I suppose you could think of as Jesus, and above and beyond Jesus, God (just an eye, not a monad) looking down through all of the monads, seeing down through all perfectly, constnatly updating their perceptions, causing everything to happen. [Roger Clough], [[email protected]] 12/12/2012 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen ----- Receiving the following content ----- From: Stephen P. King Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-12-10, 10:56:54 Subject: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God On 12/10/2012 8:33 AM, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Stephen P. King God is what/who is looking through the supreme monad, not the supreme monad itself. Dear Roger, This is a contradiction of the relations between monads, there cannot be a "special" monad. Just as there is no 'center' on the surface of a sphere, there is no central monad whose percepts are a consistent unification of all of the percepts of all other monads. This is a subtle argument. Think of a list of all possible and different properties that can exist for a percept. Can this list be infinite and self-consistent? No! Do you know why? The idea of God as a 'supreme Ruler" is foreign to Monads as they do not allow for such a hierarchy in their mereology. Every monad is, in a literal sense, God. -- 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.
