Do You Agree with Leibniz When He Says, "Since There

question 351

Essay

Do you agree with Leibniz when he says, "since there is in ourselves being, unity, substance, duration, change, action, perception, pleasure, and a thousand other objects of our intellectual ideas," we can conclude that these ideas came about through our sense perceptions. Explain your answer.

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Definitions:

Recurs

Something that occurs again, either periodically or sporadically.

Element

A pure chemical substance consisting of one type of atom, distinguished by its atomic number, which is the number of protons in its nucleus.

Oral Stage

The first stage in Freud's psychosexual development, characterized by an infant's pleasure in feeding and oral stimulation.

Psychosexual Development

A Freudian theory that childhood development occurs in a series of stages, each characterized by different pleasures and conflicts.