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*Monad, a symbol of God or totality is known in several philosophical circles *Monad, a symbol of God or totality is known in several philosophical circles
**], the metaphysical and theological view that all is of one essence **], the metaphysical and theological view that all is of one essence
**], 582 BC–507 BC ]
**], c. 427–c. 347 BC monad is the center of ], ] tetralogies.
**], 384 BC-322 BC as the arche in his work ].
**], early 5th century BC pagan philosopher of monism and founder of ].
**], 570–480 BC Pagan philosopher was seen as the first monotheist.
**], ca. 205AD–270AD Pagan philosopher of ].
**], 341 BC-270 BC Pagan philosopher's theory of ] as the monad.
**], in Gnosticism. **], in Gnosticism.
**], ''The Cup or Monad'' **], ''The Cup or Monad''
**'']'', a view of monads by Gottfried Leibniz
**] views monads in his '']'' as atomistic mental objects which experience the world from a particular point of view
**], a well known symbol deriving from Chinese culture which represents the principle of yin and yang from Taoist and Neo-Confucian philosophy.
**] expressed in the dichotomy of ] and ] (see ]) and the ], ] and his book (1756).
**], duality in nature. The source without source the absolute unnameable mystery being the .


'''Monad''' may also be: '''Monad''' may also be:
*All numbers infinitesimally close to a given number in ] *], a field in which a ''monad'' describes all numbers infinitesimally close to a given number
*], a type of ] *], a type of functor
*] are type constructors that are used in functional programming languages to capture various notions of sequential computation *] are type constructors that are used in functional programming languages to capture various notions of sequential computation


*], the symbol for Technocracy Incorporated *], the symbol for Technocracy Incorporated
*Monad was the codename for ], a command line interface product from Microsoft *], a command line interface for Microsoft Windows: Monad its the codename


==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
    • Monad (Gnosticism), in Gnosticism.
    • Hermetica, The Cup or Monad
    • Monadology, a view of monads by Gottfried Leibniz
    • Monad (Chinese symbol), a well known symbol deriving from Chinese culture which represents the principle of yin and yang from Taoist and Neo-Confucian philosophy.

Monad may also be:

See also

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