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	] was a symbol referred by the Greek philosophers as "The First", "The Seed", "The Essence", "The Builder", and "The Foundation". Also referred to as "Unity."]]
			'''Monad''' may refer to:
	'''Monad''', Latin for unit, comes from the Greek word ''monos'' or μονάς (from the word μόνος, which means "one", "single", or "unique"), and may refer to:

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	*Monad, a symbol of God or totality is known in several philosophical circles
			==Philosophy==
	**], the metaphysical and theological view that all is of one essence
			* ], a term meaning "unit"
	**], 582 BC–507 BC ]
			**], the concept of "one essence" in the metaphysical and theological theory
	**], c. 427–c. 347 BC monad is the center of ], ] tetralogies.
		⚫	** ], the most primal aspect of God in Gnosticism
	**], 384 BC-322 BC as the arche in his work ].
			* ''Great Monad'', an older name for the '']'' symbol
	**], early 5th century BC pagan philosopher of monism and founder of ].
			* ''Monadologia Physica'', by ]
	**], 570–480 BC Pagan philosopher was seen as the first monotheist.
			* '']'', by Gottfried Leibniz, a book about a basic unit of perceptual reality
	**], ca. 205AD–270AD Pagan philosopher of ].
			* '' ]'', a 1564 book by John Dee describing a symbol of his own invention
	**], 341 BC-270 BC Pagan philosopher's theory of ] as the monad.
⚫	**], in Gnosticism.
	], ''The Cup or Monad'' ], ''The Cup or Monad''
	] views monads in his '']'' as atomistic mental objects which experience the world from a particular point of view + '']'', a view of monads by Gottfried Leibniz
	**] expressed in the dichotomy of ] and ] (see ]) and the ], ] and his book (1756).


			==Mathematics, science and technology==
	Other uses of '''Monad''' include:
			* ], a historical term for a simple unicellular organism
	*], a field in which a ''monad'' describes all numbers infinitesimally close to a given number{{fact}}
	*], a ~~type~~ of ~~functor~~		* ], a construction in category theory
	*] ~~are type constructors that are used in~~ functional programming ~~languages~~ to capture various notions of ~~sequential~~ computation		* ], functional programming constructs that capture various notions of computation
			* ], a 3-term complex
	*], the symbol for Technocracy Incorporated (and the ]).
			* ], the set of points infinitesimally close to a given point
	*], a command line interface for Microsoft Windows~~, code-named "Monad".~~		* ], the code name for the PowerShell command line interface for Microsoft Windows
	*], ''The Cup or Monad''

			==Fictional entities==
	== References ==
			* Monads, megastructures in Robert Silverberg's 1971 novel '']''
	* Hemenway, Priya (2005). ''Divine Proportion''. New York, NY: Sterling Publishing. ISBN 1-4027-3522-7
			* Monad Proxy, a ]
			* John Monad, the title character of the 2007 television series '']''
			* Monad/Monado, a sword in the 2010 videogame '']''

	== ~~See also~~==		==Other uses==
			* ], a single note or pitch
	*]
			* ], in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, India
	*]
			* The emblem of the ]
	*]
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		⚫	* ]
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			* ]
			* ], 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

Latest revision as of 15:15, 27 August 2024

Philosophy

Mathematics, science and technology

Fictional entities

Other uses

See also