Leibniz's New Essays Concerning the Human Understanding: A Critical Exposition

CHAPTER VIII.

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Material Phenomena and their Reality.

What is the Connection between Matter as Metaphysical and as Physical? 151

The Latter is the "Image" of the Former 151

Leibniz's Reaction from Cartesian Theory 152

His Objections are (1) Physical and (2) Logical 153

(1) Motion is Source of Physical Qualities of Bodies 155

Hence there are no Atoms 158

Secondary Qualities as well as Primary depend upon Motion 160

(2) What is the Subject to which the Quality of Extension belongs? 161

It is the Monad _as Passive_ 162

Space and Time connect the Spiritual and the Sensible 164

Distinction between Space and Time, and Extension and Duration 166

Space and Time are Relations 167

Leibniz's Controversy with Clarke 168

Leibniz denies that Space and Time are Absolute 170

What is the Reality of Sensible Phenomena? 173

It consists

(1) In their Regularity 174

(2) In their Dependence upon Intelligence and Will 175

Leibniz and Berkeley 177