monadism

[ mon-uh-diz-uhm, moh-nad-iz-uhm ]

noun

, Philosophy.

1. the doctrine of monads as ultimate units of being.
2. (sometimes initial capital letter) the philosophy of Leibniz.

monadism

/ ˌmɒnəˈdɒlədʒɪ; ˈməʊ-; ˌməʊ-; ˈmɒnəˌdɪzəm /

noun

1. (esp in the writings of Leibnitz) the philosophical doctrine that monads are the ultimate units of reality

Derived Forms

• ˌmonadˈistic, adjective

Other Words From

• monad·istic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of monadism¹

First recorded in 1870–75; monad + -ism

Example Sentences

There is a psychological doctrine of monadism, quite as logical as the sociological monadology here criticized, which finds it impossible to link together even the elements in a single individual's mind.

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He was remotely a disciple of Schelling, learnt much from Herbart and Weisse, and decidedly rejected Hegel and the monadism of Lotze.

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In his conception of finite personality he recurs to something like the monadism of Leibnitz.

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His polemic, which is inspired throughout with the spirit of Locke, is directed against the innate ideas of the Cartesians, Malebranche’s faculty—psychology, Leibnitz’s monadism and preestablished harmony, and, above all, against the conception of substance set forth in the first part of the Ethics of Spinoza.

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In philosophy it has led to a denial of transient action, and thence to monism or Leibnizian monadism.

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