Three-Hundred Years of "Monalology"

Abstract

This article is divided into two parts: the first one is dedicated to the history of the genesis of the Monadology, and the second one is committed to the interpretative commentary of the first paragraphs. In the history of its genesis, I will attempt, among other issues, the relationship of the work with another text, Principles of Nature and Grace, written almost simultaneously in 1714. The Monadology contains the doctrine of monads. What does it mean? This will be the thread of the interpretation of the first paragraphs of the work.

Key words: Leibniz, Monad, Substance, Monadology, Nature, Grace.