Even her two sons bear out her dueling views of perfection: Her 14-year-old is "such a slob," while her 4-year-old is "a reorganizer" who "hates the feel of anything icky".
For a recent discussion of Leibniz's views on perfection and harmony, see Strickland (2006).
For a discussion of Spinoza's views on perfection, see Garrett 1996, Allison 1987, Wolfson 1934, LeBuffe 2010c, and Carriero 2011.
"The avatars were viewed as objects of perfection and collectors of meaningful artefacts, and served as a source of status, recognition, and accomplishment frequently reaching beyond offline realities," the researchers wrote.
In this light, it is perhaps not surprising to find the bulk of the Wolff-Leibniz correspondence dedicated to issues in mathematics.[10] Although they also exchanged ideas on philosophical topics (e.g., Wolff was particularly interested in Leibniz's view on the notion of perfection) the nature of their philosophical correspondence centered primarily on ethics and philosophical theology.
In Malthus' view, the perfection of a human society free of coercive restraints was a mirage, because the capacity for the threat of population growth would always be present.
Despite these insights, the Bible-based concept of the so-called "ladder of life" or Scala Naturae, i.e., the idea that all living beings can be viewed as representing various degrees of "perfection", with humans at the very top of this biological hierarchy, was popular among naturalists until ca. 1850 (Charles Bonnet, Jean Lamarck and others).
He views himself as the epitome of perfection and order; if this attitude irks somebody then it is because they are not dependable and do not believe in working for the welfare of the organization.
The Stoics' view of good and bad were extremes of perfection and imperfection.
