Episode #037 ... Leibniz pt. 1 - A Million Points of Light
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Leibnitz's Monadology
Stephanie West: Leibnitz's theory of monads is widely denounced by science to day. But certain things about these monads have deep implications in philosophy, and they're very important. The way that i like to think about the monads, when george bush accepted his party's nomination for president, he referred to the people and vision of america as a thousand points of light. All monads are not created equal. In fact, they vary considerably from one monad to another. And this hierarchy can be broken down into three simple tiared systems - mind, memory or perception.
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