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N2  - In 'Living Mirrors,' Ohad Nachtomy examines Leibniz's attempt to 're-enchant' the natural world-that is, to infuse life, purpose, and value into the very foundations of nature, a nature that Leibniz saw as disenchanted by Descartes' and Spinoza's more naturalistic and mechanistic theories. Nachtomy sees Leibniz's nuanced view of infinity - how it differs in the divine as well as human spheres, and its relationship to numerical and metaphysical unity - as key in this effort. Leibniz defined living beings by means of an infinite nested structure particular to what he called 'natural machines' - and for him, an intermediate kind of infinity is the defining feature of living beings. Using a metaphor of a 'living mirror,' Leibniz put forth infinity as crucial to explaining the unity of a living being as well as the harmony between the infinitely small and the infinitely large.
AB  - In 'Living Mirrors,' Ohad Nachtomy examines Leibniz's attempt to 're-enchant' the natural world-that is, to infuse life, purpose, and value into the very foundations of nature, a nature that Leibniz saw as disenchanted by Descartes' and Spinoza's more naturalistic and mechanistic theories. Nachtomy sees Leibniz's nuanced view of infinity - how it differs in the divine as well as human spheres, and its relationship to numerical and metaphysical unity - as key in this effort. Leibniz defined living beings by means of an infinite nested structure particular to what he called 'natural machines' - and for him, an intermediate kind of infinity is the defining feature of living beings. Using a metaphor of a 'living mirror,' Leibniz put forth infinity as crucial to explaining the unity of a living being as well as the harmony between the infinitely small and the infinitely large.
T1  - Living mirrors :infinity, unity, and life in Leibniz's philosophy /
AU  - Nachtomy, Ohad,
CN  - Oxford Scholarship Online
CN  - B2599.I53
ID  - 865873
KW  - Infinite.
SN  - 9780190907358 
TI  - Living mirrors :infinity, unity, and life in Leibniz's philosophy /
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