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== References ==
* Hemenway, Priya (2005). ''Divine Proportion''. New York, NY: Sterling Publishing. ISBN 1-4027-3522-7


== See also== == See also==

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The Monad 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, 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:

  • Monad, as a symbol of God or "totality" is known in several philosophical circles:
    • Monism, the metaphysical and theological view that all is of one essence
    • Monadology, a view of monads by Gottfried Leibniz

Other uses of Monad include:

References

  • Hemenway, Priya (2005). Divine Proportion. New York, NY: Sterling Publishing. ISBN 1-4027-3522-7

See also


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