Kristian Köchy:
Perspektivische Architektonik der Monadologie. Zum Verhältnis von Inhalt und Form der
Philosophie bei Leibniz
The thematic structure of G.
W. Leibniz’s Monadology is a
very good example in order to demonstrate the general interdependence between
matter and form in philosophical concepts. Leibniz’s idea that the
multitude of simple substances represents a multitude of different perspectives
of a single universe has its formal equivalent in a special structure of his
metaphysical sketch which is organized perspectively. This formal organization
of the Monadology can be
visualized as a pyramidal or triangular structure composed of seven different
perspectives. Distinguishing these perspectives you can call them 1) the
ontological, 2) the epistemological, 3) the logical, 4) the theological, 5) the
cosmological, 6) the organological and 7) the anthropological, social or moral
point of view. The first three perspectives symbolize the ideal sphere of
Leibniz’s concept; the last three represent the real sphere. The fourth
– theological – perspective is the culminating point of the
argumentation representing the mediation of these two spheres in God.