9 Indeed, each Monad must be different from every other. For in nature there are never two beings which are perfectly alike and in which it is not possible to find an internal difference, or at least a difference founded upon an intrinsic quality [denomination].

確實，每一單子都必須與其它單子相區別。因為在自然中決不會有兩個東西完全一樣，以至於在它們身上找不到內在的差異，或至少是建立在內在性質上的差異。

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第6則： Thus it may be said that a Monad can only come into being or come to an end all at once; that is to say, it can come into being only by creation and come to an end only by annihilation, while that which is compound comes into being or comes to an end by parts.



原譯：因而可以說，單子只能突然地產生或消亡；也就是說，它只能通過創造而產生，通過毀滅而消亡，而複合物則部分地產生或消亡。

原譯文將「it can come into being only by creation and…

第一部分·單純實體（第 1節—— 第 9節）



1 The Monad, of which we shall here speak, is nothing but a simple substance, which enters into compounds. By 『simple』 is meant 『without parts.』 (Theod. 10.)

我們這裡所要談論的「單子」，不是別的而是構成複合物的單純實體，「單純」指的是「沒有部分」。（參見《神正論》第10節）

2 And there must be simple substances, since there are compounds; for a compound is nothing but a…