Whether he speaks of the actualizations of an essence, predicates of a subject, values of a function, perceptions of an appetite, cogitations of a will, ends of reason, harmonies of a rule of order, it is clear that Leibniz envisions "effects" which are different in kind from their "causes".
Distinct knowledge, which is a distinct perception of harmony, satisfies the distinct inclinations of reason.
Chappell 1995 includes friendship, aesthetic value, pleasure and the avoidance of pain, physical and mental health and harmony, reason, rationality, and reasonableness, truth and the knowledge of it, the natural world, people, fairness, and achievements (p. 43).
As his students reported, the combinations that he assigned felt natural to the body, at the same time that they seemed to take you to the very center of classicism: harmony, "sweet reason".
Being in pain impedes the rule of reason, which dictates that when we are dealt misfortunes, we must be as unaffected by them as possible, preserving the harmony of our souls (603e-604e).
Anger and appetite are fully in harmony with reason, if one is practically wise, and so this intellectual virtue is incompatible with the sort of inner conflict experienced by the akratic person.
Visitors to the garden are asked to switch off their cellphones, for security reasons and to avoid disturbing the harmony of nature.
He characterizes this position as encompassing faith in reason, confidence in progress, a sense of moral rectitude, and a belief in an underlying harmony of interests.
Economic interdependency creates a harmony of interests.
