Monadology
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Monadology is a foundational philosophical treatise by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz that outlines his metaphysical system of simple, indivisible substances called monads as the ultimate constituents of reality.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
metaphysical work
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philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| author | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ |
| century | 18th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
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surface form:
Electorate of Hanover
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| dateWritten | 1714 ⓘ |
| genre | systematic metaphysics ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian Wolff
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German idealism ⓘ
surface form:
German Idealism
Immanuel Kant ⓘ analytic metaphysics ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ process philosophy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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René Descartes ⓘ Scholastic theology ⓘ
surface form:
Scholastic philosophy
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| keyClaim |
God coordinates monads through pre-established harmony
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God is a necessary being and the highest monad ⓘ created monads are contingent beings ⓘ each monad mirrors the entire universe from its own point of view ⓘ monads do not causally interact with each other ⓘ monads have no spatial extension ⓘ reality is composed of simple, indivisible substances called monads ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| mainConcept |
God as supreme monad
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apperception ⓘ best of all possible worlds ⓘ hierarchy of beings ⓘ monad ⓘ perception ⓘ pre-established harmony ⓘ principle of non-contradiction ⓘ principle of sufficient reason ⓘ simple substance ⓘ windowless monads ⓘ |
| originalTitle | La Monadologie ⓘ |
| philosophicalIssue |
mind–body problem
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problem of causation ⓘ problem of evil ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Leibnizian metaphysics ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Cartesianism
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surface form:
Rationalism
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| relatedWork |
Discourse on Metaphysics
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Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain ⓘ
surface form:
New Essays on Human Understanding
Theodicy ⓘ |
| structure | 90 numbered paragraphs ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
cosmology
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metaphysics ⓘ ontology ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| title | Monadology self-link ⓘ |
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