monad

the monad is a conceptconcept
In what is philosophy?, a concept is a creation (act of creativity) that testifies to the positive power of thinking as an event of life. philosophy creates concepts and puts th...
from leibnizleibniz
leibniz was a philosopher who also did work in mathematics and physics. he worked on monads. His motto is calculemus (latin for let us calculate). he believed in the principle of sufficient...
of a self-sufficient substance prior to relations. each monad has its own perspective. for deleuzedeleuze
gilles deleuze (18 january 1925 - 4 november 1995) was a french philosopher and, to me, the philosopher's philosopher and a sage. his work grapples with difference, creativity, though...
, there are 2 key ideas here:

  1. the whole of life is nothing more than a plane of perceptions.
  2. we perceive our world in terms of the relations from our point of view.