monadology

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a metaphysical doctrine or study of monads, especially Leibniz's theory that reality consists of simple immaterial substances

   In Leibniz's monadology, each monad represents the universe from its own point of view.

From monad + -ology. Leibniz titled his 1714 summary of his metaphysics Monadologie in French; monad comes from Ancient Greek monas ("unit"), from monos ("alone").

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