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| '''Monad''' comes from the Greek word μονάς (from the word μόνος, which means "one", "single", "unique") and may refer to: | |||
| *Monad, a symbol of God or totality is known in several philosophical circles | |||
| *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''.) | |||
| **], the metaphysical and theological view that all is of one essence | |||
| *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 ]. | |||
| **], monad was the first thing that came into existence | |||
| *The '''Monad''' is prominent in the ], for example part four of the corpus is called ''The Cup or Monad''. Since the Hermetic texts were widely used in the school of Alchemy it further appear in alchemical texts as well. | |||
| **], in Gnosticism | |||
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| **], ''The Cup or Monad'' | |||
| *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". The British author ] uses the term ''monad'' to describe mental objects at the beginning of the universe in his novel '']''. | |||
| **] views monads as atomistic mental objects which experience the world from a particular point of view | |||
| *Within ]: | |||
| ⚫ | *], duality in nature | ||
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| ** 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 ]. | |||
| ;Other uses: | |||
| *In ]s such as ], monads are type constructors that are used to capture various notions of sequential computation, such as ] and state-activity or operations which may fail, as well as nondeterministic computation. The definition is the same as the category theoretic one. See ]. | |||
| ⚫ | * In ], a monad consists of all those numbers infinitesimally close to a given number; | ||
| *In ] a '''monad''' is a single ] or ]. See also: ], ], ], ]. | |||
| *], a type of functor | |||
| *] describes its symbol as being a geometric representation of the ''']'''. | |||
| *], in ]s, are type constructors that are used to capture various notions of sequential computation | |||
| *] used a red and black monad symbol in its trademark. | |||
| *] uses the codename '''Monad''' about a ] and ] product that it has under development. See ]. | |||
| *], the symbol for Technocracy Incorporated | |||
| *The Hieroglyphic Monad was a ] developed by ]. | |||
| *], codenamed Monad, command line interface product | |||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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Monad comes from the Greek word μονάς (from the word μόνος, which means "one", "single", "unique") and may refer to:
- Monad, a symbol of God or totality is known in several philosophical circles
- Monism, the metaphysical and theological view that all is of one essence
- Pythagoreanism, monad was the first thing that came into existence
- Monad (Gnosticism), in Gnosticism
- Hermetica, The Cup or Monad
- Gottfried Leibniz views monads as atomistic mental objects which experience the world from a particular point of view
- Monad (Chinese symbol), duality in nature
- Other uses
- In non-standard analysis, a monad consists of all those numbers infinitesimally close to a given number;
- Monad (category theory), a type of functor
- Functional_programming_language#Monads, in functional programming languages, are type constructors that are used to capture various notions of sequential computation
- Monad (Technocracy), the symbol for Technocracy Incorporated
- MSH (shell), codenamed Monad, command line interface product
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