Monadology

1720 essay by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
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Monadology

Summary

Monadology is a literary work[1]. Monadology ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (201 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Monadology authored Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz[3].
  • Monadology's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Monadology's genre is essay[5].
  • monad is named after Monadology[6].
  • Monadology's Commons category is recorded as Monadology[7].
  • Monadology's language of work or name is recorded as French[8].
  • Monadology was released on 1720[9].
  • Monadology's has edition or translation is recorded as Q56875983[10].
  • Monadology's has edition or translation is recorded as Monadology[11].
  • Monadology's has edition or translation is recorded as Monadologie (Édition Bertrand, 1886)[12].
  • Monadology's has edition or translation is recorded as Monadology[13].
  • Monadology's has edition or translation is recorded as Monadology[14].
  • Monadology's dedicated to is recorded as Eugene of Savoy[15].
  • Monadology's main subject is metaphysics[16].
  • Monadology's main subject is pre-established harmony[17].
  • Monadology's main subject is monad[18].
  • Monadology's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'La Monadologie'}[19].
  • Monadology's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Principia philosophiæ seu theses in gratiam principis Eugenii conscriptæ'}[20].
  • Monadology's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'La Monade, dont nous parlerons ici, n’est autre chose, qu’une substance simple, qui entre dans les composés\u202f; simple, c’est‐à‐dire, sans parties.'}[21].
  • Monadology's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'C’est ce qui fait travailler les personnes sages et vertueuses à tout ce qui paraît conforme à la volonté divine présomptive, ou antécédente\u202f: et se contenter cependant de ce que Dieu fait arriver effectivement par sa volonté secrète, conséquente et décisive\u202f; en reconnaissant que si nous pouvions entendre assez l’ordre de l’univers, nous trouverions qu’il surpasse tous les souhaits des plus sages, et qu’il est impossible de le rendre meilleur qu’il est\u202f; non seulement pour le tout en général, mais encore pour nous-mêmes en particulier, si nous sommes attachés, comme il faut à l’Auteur du tout, non seulement comme à l’Architecte et à la cause efficiente de notre être, mais encore comme à notre Maître et à la cause finale qui doit faire tout le but de notre volonté, et peut seul faire notre bonheur.'}[22].
  • Monadology's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[23].
  • Monadology's copyright status is recorded as public domain[24].
  • Monadology's copyright status is recorded as public domain[25].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Monadology authored Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz[3].

Publication

Monadology was released on 1720[9]. Monadology's language of work or name is recorded as French[8]. Monadology's genre is essay[5].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include metaphysics[16], pre-established harmony[17], and monad[18].

Why It Matters

Monadology ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (201 views/month).[2] Monadology has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Monadology is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

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  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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