The End of Monadology
August 6, 2010
by Nate
After almost seven years, it’s time to make it official: Monadology is closing up shop. The internet has evolved and taken my writing with it. I’ve written some things over the years that I’m proud of and many that I’m not proud of, but I’ll be keeping the archives online indefinitely: there are too many good conversations in the comments to let Monadology disappear entirely. I’d like to offer my profound thanks to everyone who took the time to discuss things here over the years. I’m a radically different person than I was seven years ago, and some of that change took place here.
I’ll see you all on Twitter.
Comments
On August 6 at 1'45 PM
, Sammy wrote:
I’ll miss this, but I’d take a tweet every few hours over a post every few days any time.
On August 6 at 2'02 PM
, Napoleon1066 wrote:
Does this mean we’ll never learn what the unifying principle truly is?
On August 6 at 3'17 PM
, Nate wrote:
@Sammy: Yeah, it’s hard to complain too much. Twitter’s a blog killer (for me, at least) because Twitter’s awesome.
@Napoleon1066: Well, in all seriousness, I think that’s part of the reason it’s time for Monadology to end. I truly believed in the unifying principle when I began writing this blog: in a Plotinian unity that drew us mystically toward the divine, however it be understood. I do not, in any sense, believe in such a thing anymore.
On August 6 at 4'56 PM
, Adrian wrote:
I didn’t comment much, like three times probably, but I enjoyed reading your posts.
On August 6 at 10'43 PM
, kdd230 wrote:
Rather than Plotinian theory I believe in the old theory of Kyndly Enclining, the theory that starts with Plato and runs in currents through Boethius, Chaucer and all the thinking of the Middle Ages and is still lively in both Bacon and Chaucer. A truth still apparent but now mostly disregarded that things move violently to their place but calmly in their place. Simply put everything moves to it’s right home eventually. This has happened to Monadology.net now.
Thanks for the work you out into this site Nate. See you on Twitter.
P.S. I kept meaning to initiate a discussion on Leibniz and his relationship with Bouvet and the I Ching but never got round to it. Maybe on a different forum.
On August 14 at 7'21 PM
, Amanda wrote:
I’m glad you’ll keep the discussions here for us to look back.