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Topic:
reality is a machine
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mathematics
Group:
philosophy of science
Topic:
religion
Topic:
object and value equivalence
Topic:
atoms and molecules
Topic:
vitalism, the soul
Topic:
special relativity
Topic:
physics
Topic:
statistical mechanics
Topic:
what is truth

Reference

Leibniz, G.W., "Discourse on metaphysics", 1686. Google

Other Reference

p. 53-93 in Leibniz, G.W., Philosophical Texts, translated by Francks, R., Woolhouse, R.S., Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998

Notes

first published in 1846

Quotations
58 ;;Quote: God does nothing that is not orderly; everything conforms to the universal order; even extraordinary events
58+;;Quote: there is a geometrical line through every finite set of points
58+;;Quote: God choose the world that is simplest in theories and richest in phenomena
60 ;;Quote: no two substances are identical; each singular substances expresses the whole world in its own way, including all that happens to it
62 ;;Quote: there is more to objects than extension; must be something like a soul or substantial form
62+;;Quote: size, shape, and motion are relative to our perceptions; like color, heat, etc.
69 ;;Quote: God conserves force but not motion
69+;;Quote: perpetual motion is impossible; due to friction and the conservation of force
69 ;;Quote: force should be estimated by the size of its effect instead of its motion
69+;;Quote: Descartes was mistaken because he put too much trust in his thinking; his followers perpetuate the mistake
71 ;;Quote: use force to explain corporeal phenomena; size, shape, and motion are not entirely real

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