Every action by individual requires direct divine activity in efforts to form a pre-established harmony. ... Monads are representative of a windowless soul that has a predetermined direction that is positioned by means of god. ... Leibniz argues, "Our soul expresses god and the universe and all essences as well as all existences. ... The foundations in his book focused on the interaction between one's soul, the exterior world, and God. ... Liebniz supports this by stating, " God alone, and he is in immediate relation with us only by virtue of our continual dependence on him" "No other ex...

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His purpose for living ideas led him to ideas about the soul, God and what causes change. He believed the soul was a part of the human body and died with the body. ... A person who lives a virtuous life has a better chance at happiness than someone who lives without virtues. ... He defines happiness as something you can do by your own activity. ... Aristotle defines virtue as a dispositon developed over time. ...

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