{"product_id":"the-monadology","title":"Monadologia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if reality begins with things that have no parts, no size, and no shape?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Monadology, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz builds a picture of reality from simple, indivisible units called monads. Each is unique and always changing. Through ninety brief numbered paragraphs, he asks what the world is made of and how minds belong within it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom perception and desire to souls and degrees of awareness, Leibniz follows the inner life of these strange units. He also sets out principles of reasoning and argues that God chooses the best possible world. The challenge is to see how separate monads can form a shared reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReality without parts\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore Leibniz’s claim that compound things lead us toward simple units with no divisible parts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAn inner world\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow perception and appetition into his account of what happens within each monad.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDegrees of awareness\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider how Leibniz distinguishes souls and minds through the clarity of their perceptions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe grounds of reasoning\u003c\/strong\u003e – Examine the principles Leibniz places beneath reasoning, beginning with the principle of contradiction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA world worth questioning\u003c\/strong\u003e – Weigh his claim about the best possible world against questions about a shared reality.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers curious about metaphysics, the history of philosophy, or the roots of thinking about mind, who enjoy tight arguments and welcome a demanding text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now and begin with Leibniz’s simplest question: what is the world made of?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534772437340,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/13717_en_ebook-front_c19.jpg?v=1792175200","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/it\/products\/monadologia","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}