20 For we experience in ourselves a condition in which we remember nothing and have no distinguishable perception; as when we fall into a swoon or when we are overcome with a profound dreamless sleep. In this state the soul does not perceptibly differ from a bare Monad; but as this state is not lasting, and the soul comes out of it, the soul is something more than a bare Monad. (Theod. 64.)…

15 The activity of the internal principle which produces change or passage from one perception to another may be called Appetition. It is true that desire [l』appetit] cannot always fully attain to the whole perception at which it aims, but it always obtains some of it and attains to new perceptions.

那種產生變化或從一個知覺向另一個知覺的過渡的內在原則的活動被稱作欲求。誠然，欲求不能完全達到它所指向的全部知覺，但他們總會有所收獲並達到新的知覺。…

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。

① 「感性形式」（ sensible…

（哲人王俄狄浦斯2019-11-09建議如下～～）

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…