Re: Re: Why a supreme monad is necessary

2012-12-10 Thread Roger Clough
-list Time: 2012-12-08, 11:22:33 Subject: Re: Why a supreme monad is necessary On 12/8/2012 6:49 AM, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Stephen P. King The supreme monad is as necessary as the CPU of a computer, for Leibniz's world is a system, and systems need a control unit. Dear Roger

Why a supreme monad is necessary

2012-12-08 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Stephen P. King The supreme monad is as necessary as the CPU of a computer, for Leibniz's world is a system, and systems need a control unit. BTW, the materialist mind/brain has no such governor. I could go on and on, for every part of Leibniz's metaphysics is necessary. and follows

Re: Why a supreme monad is necessary

2012-12-08 Thread Stephen P. King
On 12/8/2012 6:49 AM, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Stephen P. King The supreme monad is as necessary as the CPU of a computer, for Leibniz's world is a system, and systems need a control unit. Dear Roger, Is this a postulation, a conjecture or an authoritative claim? The way that the physical

Re: Re: Why the supreme monad is necessary in Leibniz's universe

2012-09-15 Thread Roger Clough
Leibniz would say, If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so that everything could function. - Receiving the following content - From: Stephen P. King Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-09-14, 13:02:32 Subject: Re: Why the supreme monad is necessary in Leibniz's universe On 9/14/2012

Re: Why the supreme monad is necessary in Leibniz's universe

2012-09-15 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Sep 2012, at 19:02, Stephen P. King wrote: On 9/14/2012 11:04 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 13 Sep 2012, at 13:44, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal SNIP BRUNO: Matter is what is not determined, and thus contingent indeed, at its very roots, like W and M in a self-duplication

Re: Why the supreme monad is necessary in Leibniz's universe

2012-09-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 13 Sep 2012, at 13:44, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal SNIP BRUNO: Matter is what is not determined, and thus contingent indeed, at its very roots, like W and M in a self-duplication experiment, or like, plausibly when looking at a photon through a calcite crystal. ROGER: So

Re: Why the supreme monad is necessary in Leibniz's universe

2012-09-14 Thread Stephen P. King
On 9/14/2012 11:04 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 13 Sep 2012, at 13:44, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal SNIP BRUNO: Matter is what is not determined, and thus contingent indeed, at its very roots, like W and M in a self-duplication experiment, or like, plausibly when looking at a

Re: Re: Why the supreme monad is necessary in Leibniz's universe

2012-09-13 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Bruno Marchal SNIP BRUNO: Matter is what is not determined, and thus contingent indeed, at its very roots, like W and M in a self-duplication experiment, or like, plausibly when looking at a photon through a calcite crystal. ROGER: So Newton's Laws, such as F = ma, are not

Re: Why the supreme monad is necessary in Leibniz's universe

2012-09-12 Thread Platonist Guitar Cowboy
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: OK. The bad is in arithmetic. To believe we can eliminate it would be like believing we can eliminate the number 666 from N. We can suppress the room 13 and 17, even 666 in some hostels, but that is the best we can do.

Why the supreme monad is necessary in Leibniz's universe

2012-08-23 Thread Roger Clough
The Supreme monad is necessary because it is necessary. It is the only monad that can perceive and act. The other monads are linked to it but passive and have no windows (are bllnd) . Thus the supreme monad, which choose to call God, is like a CPU (central processing unit or chip) of a net of

Re: Why the supreme monad is necessary in Leibniz's universe

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
More religion On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: The Supreme monad is necessary because it is necessary. It is the only monad that can perceive and act. The other monads are linked to it but passive and have no windows (are bllnd) . Thus the supreme

Re: Re: Why the supreme monad is necessary in Leibniz's universe

2012-08-23 Thread Roger Clough
could function. - Receiving the following content - From: Richard Ruquist Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-08-23, 13:19:10 Subject: Re: Why the supreme monad is necessary in Leibniz's universe More religion On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote