Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz distinguished between 'mere aggregates' (like a heap of sand) and 'organic unities' or organisms, based on whether a dominant monad represents the point of view of the system.

Authors

• Person: William Seager, Sean Allen-Hermanson Organization: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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• Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu William Seager, Sean Allen-Hermanson · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper

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• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz entity
• monad concept
• organisms concept