Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz — "A created thing is said to act outwardly in so far as it has perfection, and to …"

A created thing is said to act outwardly in so far as it has perfection, and to be acted upon by another in so far as it is imperfect. Thus action is attributed to the monad in so far as it has distinct perceptions, and passion or passivity is attributed in so far as it has confused perceptions.
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz — Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Early Modern · Calculus, optimism

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'Monadology'

Date: 1714

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