Hi Stephen P. King
1) Sorry, I incorrectly abbreviated, as usual, by referring to the Supreme
Monad as God.
The correct version is that God observes and handles the world of monads
from
behind or beyond the Supreme Monad. Somehow this may have led you
astray. I do believe that all monads are distinct. They exist because they
are
non-identical.
2) Distinct because each snapshot, or slide, pictures
the universe from our particular point of view.
3) We are all distinct from our histories (past perceptions), and from
our appetities.
4) We must all be distinct for the PEH to operate properly.
5) The PEH can only happen if there is only one, absolutely powerful God.
6) I hope I haven't missed anything.
[Roger Clough], [rclo...@verizon.net]
1/17/2013
"Forever is a long time, especially near the end." - Woody Allen
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From: Stephen P. King
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Time: 2013-01-16, 18:04:11
Subject: Re: Can there be multiple numbers ?
On 1/16/2013 11:41 AM, Roger Clough wrote:
Stephen,
Bruno endorsed at least part of my viewpoint below on whether
there can be multiple identities. I allowed multiple identities
(such as numbers) to exist in Platonia as long as they had different contexts.
Dear Roger,
Please see the post that I just submited under the subject line
Re: Math-> Computation-> Mind -> Geometry -> Space -> Matter
Identity requires the ability, the potency, for the act of making a
distinction otherwise it is mute and degenerate.
We must distinguish to even know that we exist,
thus we are not ontologically primitive. You should consider the high price of
assuming that the totality of all
that exists is organized in a reductive, hierarchical and/or well founded
manner.
You keep insisting on a Supreme monad as distinct from other rest of the monads
in contradiction to even Leibniz' discussions.
from: http://philosophy.eserver.org/leibniz-monadology.txt
39. Now as this substance is a sufficient reason of all this variety
of particulars, which are also connected together throughout; there is
only one God, and this God is sufficient.
40. We may also hold that this supreme substance, which is unique,
universal and necessary, nothing outside of it being independent of
it,- this substance, which is a pure sequence of possible being,
must be illimitable and must contain as much reality as is possible.
41. Whence it follows that God is absolutely perfect; for perfection
is nothing but amount of positive reality, in the strict sense,
leaving out of account the limits or bounds in things which are
limited. And where there are no bounds, that is to say in God,
perfection is absolutely infinite. (Theod. 22, Pref. [E. 469 a; G. vi.
27].)
This is a bit difficult, I admit, as you know that L had to cowtow to the
religious authority of his day, but the idea of non-well foundedness was
clearly implied. The difference that I am considering is mereological. The
Perfection of the monad is the condition of Identity of all monads, what state
at which all differences or varieties vanish. This makes the totality of all
that exists to be the Supreme monad, there all differences between whole and
part vanish (are degenerate).
Why not consider that any one monad is defined by relations it has with all
others (and itself) and thus there is no "primitive monad" in any well founded
or reductive sense except the One whose properties vanish: the neutral ground
of existence in-itself.
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Onward!
Stephen
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Sender: Bruno Marchal
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Time: 2013-01-16, 10:59:12
Subject: Re: Math-> Computation-> Mind -> Geometry -> Space -> Matter
On 16 Jan 2013, at 13:13, Roger Clough wrote:
> Hi Bruno Marchal
>
> Specific properties, at least down here, are needed
> if you accept Leibniz' dictum that identical entities cannot
> exist in this contingent world, for they would have the same identity.
>
> I'm inclined to say that that is also true in Platonia,
> which would be a disaster, for you could not say 1 = 1.
> A saving grace might be that one of those 1's is before,
> and the other, after the equal sign. That is, the numbers
> are distinguished by context.
I agree with all what you say here. Tell this to Stephen.
Note that we are distinguished by context too.
Bruno
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