Monadology
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Monadology — Mon ad*ol o*gy, n. [Monad + logy.] (Philos.) The doctrine or theory of monads. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Monadology — The Monadology (La Monadologie, 1714) is one of Gottfried Leibniz’s best known works representing his later philosophy. It is a short text which sketches in some 90 paragraphs a metaphysics of simple substances, or monads. Contents 1 Text 2 The… … Wikipedia
monadology — animism has been applied to many different philosophical systems. It is used to describe Aristotle s view of the relation of soul and body held also by the stoics and scholastics. On the other hand monadology (Leibniz) has also been termed… … Mini philosophy glossary
monadology — mo·nad·ol·o·gy … English syllables
monadology — ˌmōˌnaˈdäləjē, ˌmäˌ , nəˈ noun ( es) Etymology: French monadologie, from monade monad (from Late Latin monad , monas) + o + logie logy : a philosophical theory about monads; specifically : Leibnizian monadism … Useful english dictionary
Leibniz: truth, knowledge and metaphysics — Nicholas Jolley Leibniz is in important respects the exception among the great philosophers of the seventeenth century. The major thinkers of the period characteristically proclaim the need to reject the philosophical tradition; in their… … History of philosophy
Monadologie — Manuskriptseite der Monadologie Quentin Massys (1466–1530): Le prêteur et sa femme (Ausschnitt) Die Monadologie (von griechisch monas: Eins, Einheit) ist die von Gottfried Wi … Deutsch Wikipedia
Gottfried Leibniz — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 18th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE |250px image caption = Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz name = Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz birth = 1 July (21 June Old Style) 1646, Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony … Wikipedia
Bernhard Lang — (b. 24 February 1957, Linz) is an Austrian composer of the experimental and avant garde school, particularly advocating a style known as repetition perpetrator . Since 2003 he has been associate professor of composition at Graz University. [… … Wikipedia
Rationalism — This article is about the philosophical method, position, theory, or view. For other uses, see Rationalism (disambiguation). In epistemology and in its modern sense, rationalism is any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or… … Wikipedia
