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monadism

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mo·nad  (mnd)
n.
1. Philosophy An indivisible, impenetrable unit of substance viewed as the basic constituent element of physical reality in the metaphysics of Leibniz.
2. Biology A single-celled microorganism, especially a flagellate protozoan of the genus Monas.
3. Chemistry An atom or a radical with valence 1.

[Latin monas, monad-, unit, from Greek, from monos, single; see men-4 in Indo-European roots.]

mo·nadic (m-ndk), mo·nadi·cal adj.
mo·nadi·cal·ly adv.
monad·ism n.

monadism [ˈmɒnəˌdɪzəm ˈməʊ-], monadology [ˌmɒnəˈdɒlədʒɪ ˌməʊ-]
n
(Philosophy) (esp in the writings of Gottfried Leibnitz, the German rationalist philosopher and mathematician (1646-1716)) the philosophical doctrine that monads are the ultimate units of reality
monadistic  adj

monadism
1. the Leibnizian doctrine of monads as unextended, indivisible, and indestructible entities that are the ultimate constituent of the universe and a microcosm of it. Also called monadology.
2. the doctrine of Giordano Bruno concerning monads as basic and irreducible metaphysical units that are psychically and spatially individuated. — monadistic, adj.
See also: Philosophy


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Witkacy's philosophical reading, claims that in spite of the lack of systematic thought in Schulz's book, it spews out an unusually evocative worldview: Schulz's philosophy of matter--matter which is not materialism, but a kind of monadism, creating a feeling of transcendental unity with the world.
 
 
 
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