Monad (Greek philosophy)
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Monad (from Greek μονάς monas, "unit" from μόνος monos, "alone"), according to the Pythagoreans, was a term for God or the first being, or the totality of all beings, Monad being the source or the One meaning without division.
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See also
- Advaita Vedanta
- Circle with a point at its centre
- Dyad
- Form of the Good
- Leucippus
- Modal logic
- Monad
- Monism
- Solar symbol
- Tao
- Triad
- Tetrad
- Pentad
- Decad
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