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On Monads |
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Due to a warm and enthusiastic recption to Monads, a favorite opener of Tristan & The Invariable Constants, I have assembled here an outline of what exactly a monad is, or is not. In short, a monad is a logical necessity upon which the philospohy of Liebniz begins. Below is a summery of the entire Monadology that I hope will shed some light upon the abtruse work of the 17th century philosopher visionary. As far as I'm consirned, Liebniz engendered the notion of our contemporary computers (please see Dr. Steinhart's Computational Monadology). This was assembled during my Philospohy course work, and though rather ineloquent and choppy, in accompiament with the entire text (found under links), it demonstrates the relevance and beauty of what a monad is, that is if it is at all. But the beauty of a monad is that the verb "is", "etre", "sein",...etc all negate the notion of monad itself. Words of our phenomenology are futile in describing such things.. Non-spatial and a-temporal, monads are a spectre residing (if that is meaningful) just beyond the cusp of our cogitation and speech. So, is the monad song nonsense. Yes, in a certain regard all written words about monads are. But may the human imagination strive for the illuminating nonsense (a Wittgensteinian notion) through art and non-thought. |
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Copyright (2002) Dave Stanek |
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Tristan & The Invariable Constants |
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Computational Monadology by Eric Steinhar (and interesting computer modeling of the Monadology) |
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Online Monadology (translated by Robert Latta) |
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Tristanandtheic@hotmail.com |
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The Monadology Summarized
by Tristan
Introduction: Leibniz’s Monadology is a brief work yet it contains the entire scope of all possible universes. The intention of this outline is to take this work and at the same time, both shorten and lengthen it. The Monadology is to be interpreted and summarized thus offering a condensed version of it. However, this summarization is to include commentary by my self and others (including Leibniz himself, through some of his other writings), thus granting further elucidation on the work. Each section shall be taken separately in an effort to allow the reader to see the development of Leibniz’s metaphysic unfold in its logical development.
Note: All quotes without reference are from the Rescher’s translation of the Monadology cited below.
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I On Monads (1-9) |
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II Monadic Perception (10-18) |
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III Monads and Souls and Spirits, oh my (19-30) |
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IV Monads and Priniples of Truth (31-37) |
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V God (Dog, Bot Etc) (38-52) |
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