Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Monadism

Arabic translation:

المونادية

Added to glossary by Fuad Yahya
Oct 6, 2004 22:49
19 yrs ago
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English term

Monadism

English to Arabic Art/Literary Philosophy
I know the explanation but I have a doubt about the equivalent in Arabic
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Jun 7, 2005 06:42: Fuad Yahya changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary"

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المونادية

If you are referring to the Leibnizian term, a requisite attribute for an Arabic equivalent would be sufficient specificity, which may not be possible to achieve by trying to capture the sense of "one" in Arabic, because there are only that many noun terms one can derive from "one" and there is no way to rule out overlap with so many other meanings. The term "monad" is used as is in many languages.
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agree Nancy Eweiss : If he is referring to the philosophy called 'Monadism' (related to the spiritulity of the aotm)
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agree Ahmed Ali : mo·nad (m½“n²d”) n. 1. Philosophy. An indivisible, impenetrable unit of substance viewed as the basic constituent element of physical reality in the metaphysics of Leibnitz.
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neutral Randa Farhat : monadism is also derived from mono, which is from أحد أحادي
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My point is that many things are likewise derived from "mono." If we render all of them UHADIYY, we lose specificity. In an area as technical as philosophy and as unique as the particular philosophy of Leibniz, it is OK to use his own term.
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الأُحادية

الأُحادية - الجوهر الفرد - الجوهر الأُحادي
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neutral Nancy Eweiss : الجوهر الفرد is just "Substance," stemming from Plato up to Kant
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these are options as in dictionary, but i'd prefer to use الأُحادية
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