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 No.296

Can someone explain this shit to me in simple English: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/leibniz-ethics/

Particularly the bit about "harmony".

 No.298

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Sorry OP, I don't remember much about Leibniz because at the time when I was taking a class on the Rationalists I was too busy writing about Spinoza.

But here's a picture I shooped.

 No.308

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>>298
Spinoza is so based
This is now a Spinoza thread

 No.338

>>296
>"metaphysical perfection is constituted by harmony, that is, unity in variety. A situation is harmonious to the extent that a variety of things are ordered in accordance with general laws or principles, such as laws of motion governing terrestrial and celestial objects"

What is hard to understand about it? It's harmony in the same sense as music harmony. Harmony in music is the coming together of different notes and instruments in a constructive way as opposed to a destructive way. The sounds are all different, yet work together within the same "direction" in the music, their construction forming the unity of the song as opposed to just noise.



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