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| The word '''monad''' comes from the ] word μονάς (from the word μόνος, which means "one", "single", "unique") and has had many meanings in different contexts in philosophy, mathematics, computing and music: | |||
| '''Monad''' may refer to: | |||
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| *Among the ] (followers of ]) the '''monad''' was the first thing that came into existence. The monad begot the ''dyad'', which begot the numbers, the numbers begat points, which begot lines, which begat two-dimensional entities, which begat three-dimensional entities, which begat bodies, which begot the four ]s ], ], ] and ], from which the rest of our world is built up. The monad was thus a central concept in the ] of the Pythagoreans, who held the belief that the world was - ''literally'' - built up by numbers. (The source of this claim is ]' book ''Lives of Eminent Philosophers''.) | |||
| ==Philosophy== | |||
| *Within certain variations of ], especially those inspired by ], the ''']''' was the higher being which created lesser gods, or elements (similar to ]s). This view was according to ] inspired by the ]. | |||
| * ], a term meaning "unit" | |||
| *The '''Monad''' appears in the ] texts of the ], part four of the corpus is called ''The Cup or Monad''. | |||
| **], the concept of "one essence" in the metaphysical and theological theory | |||
| *The ''']''' is the Chinese symbol of ] in nature. | |||
| ** ], the most primal aspect of God in Gnosticism | |||
| *In the writings of the ] ], '''monads''' are atomistic mental objects which experience the world from a particular point of view. Leibniz's theory does not posit physical space; rather, physical objects are constructs of the collective experiences of monads. This way of putting it is misleading, however; monads do not interact with each other (are "windowless"), but rather are imbued at creation with all their future experiences in a system of ]. The arrangements of the monads make up the faith and structure of this world, which to Leibniz was "the best of all possible worlds". | |||
| * ''Great Monad'', an older name for the '']'' symbol | |||
| *Within ]: | |||
| * ''Monadologia Physica'', by ] | |||
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| * '']'', by Gottfried Leibniz, a book about a basic unit of perceptual reality | |||
| ** in ], a '''monad''', also known as '''triple''', is a type of ] important in the theory of ]. This term has a different root than the ones described above; it was formed by combining "monoid" and "triad". See ]. | |||
| * '' ]'', a 1564 book by John Dee describing a symbol of his own invention | |||
| **In pure ]s such as ], monads are used as data types that encapsulate the functional ]-activity, in such a manner that the side-effects of I/O are not allowed to spread out of the part of the program that is not functional (imperative). See ]. | |||
| *] describes its symbol as being a geometric representation of the '''monad'''. | |||
| *] is the codename for a ] that is in development as part of ]'s ]. It includes many features from traditional ]s, as well as ] concepts. | |||
| *In ] a '''monad''' is a single ] or ]. See also: ], ], ], ]. | |||
| ⚫ | ==See also== | ||
| ==Mathematics, science and technology== | |||
| ⚫ | *] | ||
| * ], a historical term for a simple unicellular organism | |||
| * ], a construction in category theory | |||
| * ], functional programming constructs that capture various notions of computation | |||
| * ], a 3-term complex | |||
| ⚫ | * ], the set of points infinitesimally close to a given point | ||
| * ], the code name for the PowerShell command line interface for Microsoft Windows | |||
| ==Fictional entities== | |||
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| * Monads, megastructures in Robert Silverberg's 1971 novel '']'' | |||
| * Monad Proxy, a ] | |||
| * John Monad, the title character of the 2007 television series '']'' | |||
| * Monad/Monado, a sword in the 2010 videogame '']'' | |||
| ==Other uses== | |||
| * ], a single note or pitch | |||
| * ], in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, India | |||
| * The emblem of the ] | |||
| ⚫ | ==See also== | ||
| ⚫ | * ] | ||
| * ] | |||
| * ], in abstract algebra | |||
| * {{lookfrom|Monad}}, for titles starting "Monad" or "Monadic" | |||
| * {{intitle|Monad}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 15:15, 27 August 2024
Monad may refer to:
Philosophy
- Monad (philosophy), a term meaning "unit"
- Monism, the concept of "one essence" in the metaphysical and theological theory
- Monad (Gnosticism), the most primal aspect of God in Gnosticism
- Great Monad, an older name for the taijitu symbol
- Monadologia Physica, by Immanuel Kant
- La Monadologie, by Gottfried Leibniz, a book about a basic unit of perceptual reality
- Monas Hieroglyphica, a 1564 book by John Dee describing a symbol of his own invention
Mathematics, science and technology
- Monad (biology), a historical term for a simple unicellular organism
- Monad (category theory), a construction in category theory
- Monad (functional programming), functional programming constructs that capture various notions of computation
- Monad (homological algebra), a 3-term complex
- Monad (nonstandard analysis), the set of points infinitesimally close to a given point
- Monad shell, the code name for the PowerShell command line interface for Microsoft Windows
Fictional entities
- Monads, megastructures in Robert Silverberg's 1971 novel The World Inside
- Monad Proxy, a character in the 2006 anime series Ergo Proxy
- John Monad, the title character of the 2007 television series John from Cincinnati
- Monad/Monado, a sword in the 2010 videogame Xenoblade Chronicles
Other uses
- Monad (music), a single note or pitch
- Monad University, in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, India
- The emblem of the technocracy movement
See also
- Monade
- Monadic (disambiguation)
- Monoid, in abstract algebra
- All pages with titles beginning with Monad, for titles starting "Monad" or "Monadic"
- All pages with titles containing Monad
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