Apercepção versus percepção: os espíritos na cosmologia leibniziana

Abstract

Leibniz states that every monad expresses the hole universe from a determined perspective. Therefore, all created beeings harmonize with each other, once that all of them represent the same world, as well each one individuates itself by means of its own point of view, which is determined by the place that its correspondent body occupies. However, if the capacity of representation is merely limited by space and time, how could one explain the capacity of spirits to grasp necessary and eternal truths and to establish science? In order to make this point clear I will introduce the aperception activity and distinguish it from the perception, that is common to all monads.

Keywords

• Aperception
• Espirits
• Expression
• Perception
• Perspective