C302Mind and metaphysics
Leibniz explains a world of many perspectives through many monads; SMM seeks many perspectives from one Monad. This is a substantive reversal of explanatory direction. The comparison develops this distinction through a worked example and explains its implications for SMM/DTT’s nested generation, completed records and account of the observable world.
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C308Mind and metaphysics
Leibniz’s monads undergo internal changes while remaining enduring simple substances. DTT’s renewed creation can instead treat observable objects as successive products of one source. The comparison develops this distinction through a worked example and explains its implications for SMM/DTT’s nested generation, completed records and account of the observable world.
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C314Mind and metaphysics
Leibniz’s world contains many monads coordinated through a common divine order, while the Cosmic Heart in SMM emphasizes one active source of observable multiplicity. The comparison develops this distinction through a worked example and explains its implications for SMM/DTT’s nested generation, completed records and account of the observable world.
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C320Mind and metaphysics
Leibniz coordinates bodily and perceptual histories without ordinary causal traffic between separate monads. SMM/DTT instead seeks a common source for physical and psychical appearances. The comparison develops this distinction through a worked example and explains its implications for SMM/DTT’s nested generation, completed records and account of the observable world.
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C326Mind and metaphysics
Leibniz’s succession of perceptions provides a natural account of an enduring perspective through changing contents. SMM/DTT instead needs to explain how a generated observer carries a coherent present across renewed completions. The comparison develops this distinction through a worked example and explains its implications for SMM/DTT’s nested generation, completed records and account of the observable world.
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C332Mind and metaphysics
Leibniz’s monads have internal principles of change, making their activity more than passive reception of external pushes. SMM/DTT similarly wants generated beings to exhibit organized action despite dependence on one source. The comparison develops this distinction through a worked example and explains its implications for SMM/DTT’s nested generation, completed records and account of the observable world.
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C338Mind and metaphysics
Leibniz has a direct answer to personal persistence at the fundamental level: a monad remains the same simple substance through its changing perceptions. The comparison develops this distinction through a worked example and explains its implications for SMM/DTT’s nested generation, completed records and account of the observable world.
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C344Mind and metaphysics
Leibniz’s monads have successive perceptions, while necessary truths and the divine ground have a different relation to temporal change. This helps clarify SMM/DTT’s distinction between generated succession and the status of its source. The comparison develops this distinction through a worked example and explains its implications for SMM/DTT’s nested generation, completed records and account of the observable world.
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C350Mind and metaphysics
Ibn Arabi’s metaphysical cosmology and Leibniz’s monadology both relate a differentiated world to a unifying ground, but their treatments of individuality and divine relation differ. The comparison develops this distinction through a worked example and explains its implications for SMM/DTT’s nested generation, completed records and account of the observable world.
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C356Mind and metaphysics
Leibniz’s many monads offer distinct perspectives coordinated by pre-established harmony. SMM/DTT instead seeks a common production of perspectives and their mutually consistent records. The comparison develops this distinction through a worked example and explains its implications for SMM/DTT’s nested generation, completed records and account of the observable world.
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