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| **], the metaphysical and theological view that all is of one essence | **], the metaphysical and theological view that all is of one essence | ||
| **'']'', a view of monads by Gottfried Leibniz | **'']'', a view of monads by Gottfried Leibniz | ||
| **], in Gnosticism. | |||
| Other uses of '''Monad''' include: | Other uses of '''Monad''' include: | ||
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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
- Monad (Gnosticism), in Gnosticism.
Other uses of Monad include:
- Non-standard analysis, a field in which a monad describes all numbers infinitesimally close to a given number
- Monad (category theory), a type of functor
- Monads in functional programming are type constructors that are used in functional programming languages to capture various notions of sequential computation
- Monad (Technocracy), the symbol for Technocracy Incorporated (and the Technocratic movement).
- Windows PowerShell, a command line interface for Microsoft Windows, code-named "Monad".
References
- Hemenway, Priya (2005). Divine Proportion. New York, NY: Sterling Publishing. ISBN 1-4027-3522-7
See also
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