Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Latin term or phrase:
partes extra partes
English translation:
a part as an external thing to another part
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adi177
Jan 26, 2005 18:10
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Latin term
partes extra partes
Latin to English
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What is the meaning of this phrase?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +3 | a part as an external thing to another part |
Kirill Semenov
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| 3 | every part is external to every other one (part) |
Derek Gill Franßen
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Proposed translations
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a part as an external thing to another part
It means that things exists alongside, beyond each other, exterior to each other. No interdependence, just external independent existence.
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Note added at 20 mins (2005-01-26 18:31:22 GMT)
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In some sense, it\'s the opposite of the idea of internal union of things.
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Note added at 42 mins (2005-01-26 18:53:05 GMT)
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Grammatically? \"extra\" is \"out, beyond\". Parts beyond parts.
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Note added at 56 mins (2005-01-26 19:07:48 GMT)
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The idea emphasizes a corpuscular, particle-based, atomistic structure of the universe: it consists of parts, however small, and each part is external to another, even adjancent part.
The idea was argued Leibniz, a great philosopher and a mathematician.
It may be useful to remind that it was Leibniz who introduced the method of infinitesimals into mathematics as an apparatus to deal with a continuity. These discrete infinitesimals became the main approach to model continuity in mathematics thereafter.
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Note added at 20 mins (2005-01-26 18:31:22 GMT)
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In some sense, it\'s the opposite of the idea of internal union of things.
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Note added at 42 mins (2005-01-26 18:53:05 GMT)
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Grammatically? \"extra\" is \"out, beyond\". Parts beyond parts.
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Note added at 56 mins (2005-01-26 19:07:48 GMT)
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The idea emphasizes a corpuscular, particle-based, atomistic structure of the universe: it consists of parts, however small, and each part is external to another, even adjancent part.
The idea was argued Leibniz, a great philosopher and a mathematician.
It may be useful to remind that it was Leibniz who introduced the method of infinitesimals into mathematics as an apparatus to deal with a continuity. These discrete infinitesimals became the main approach to model continuity in mathematics thereafter.
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every part is external to every other one (part)
Also see: http://www.ucd.ie/philosop/documents/Leibniz's Philosop...
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"The extension of body seems to be nothing other than the continuation of matter
through the contiguity of its parts [partes extra partes], ie diffusion" (cf. http://www.philosophy.leeds.ac.uk/GMR/hmp/texts/modern/leibn...
I hope that helps a bit. ;-)
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"The extension of body seems to be nothing other than the continuation of matter
through the contiguity of its parts [partes extra partes], ie diffusion" (cf. http://www.philosophy.leeds.ac.uk/GMR/hmp/texts/modern/leibn...
I hope that helps a bit. ;-)
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