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Monad

noun

(pl. monades, monads)

(chemistry) an atom having a valence of one.

A singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive. Synonym: monas.

(biology) a single-celled microorganism (especially a flagellate protozoan).

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"Monad" Quotes from Famous Books

... be of an idea rather than of a substance. Though separate in the universe, we are not separate from the universe. Continuity and reciprocity of action exist everywhere. This is the great law and the great mystery. There is no such thing as an isolated and veritably monad being, any more than there is such a thing as an indivisible point, except in the ...

— Real Ghost Stories • William T. Stead

... consent of their hearts to their actions, entitle themselves to moral praise or moral censure. The question is, whether by the mere assertion of the co-existence of these opposite qualities in the monad man, he has proved that such qualities can co-exist. In our opinion, it is like speaking of a circular ellipse, or of a quadrilateral triangle. There is a plain dilemma in these matters from which no philosophy can ...

— Short Studies on Great Subjects • James Anthony Froude

... who differ from him. I am only a monad—a thing of no moment. The whole tendency of the highest plane of modern thought differs from him. He defends the indefensible. He is an excellent observer, but a feeble reasoner. I should not recommend you to ...

— Round the Red Lamp - Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life • Arthur Conan Doyle

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