English philosopher who developed a vitalist monadological metaphysics — all things are spirit-matter monads capable of transformation — which influenced Leibniz's concept of monad.
The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy: all creatures are composed of an intermediate spiritual substance between God and matter; this substance is alive, capable of perfection, and continuous with spirit — a vitalist monism rejecting both strict materialism and strict dualism.
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