leibniz

The Monadology attempts to define the ultimate substance of the world. The first part of The Monadology explains what a monad is, whereas, the second part of The Monadology concentrates on metaphysical principles. All that there is in the universe consists of monads, which there are an infinite number of them. A monad is a simple, indivisible substance. It can also be thought of as “the true atom of nature, in brief, the elements of …

…comfortable calling monads “enetlechies, for they have in themselves a certain perfection; they have a sufficiency that makes them the sources of their internal actions” (Leibniz, 1714: 286). They are self-sufficient and self-developing. Within in them there is a system that was preordained. Their creator preordained this system, and to Leibniz this creator was God. The proof of God was also provided by Leibniz, but I don’t think its necessary for me to get into that.