Los límites de la interioridad : el concepto de individuo en Leibniz y Spinoza

We will deal here with a point of intersection between Leibniz and Spinoza, on a question of importance to modern philosophy: the concept of the individual. In Leibniz, the divis ibility of matter to infinity and the need for a principle that accounts for the unity in the multi plicity of the elements that make up every body, lead him to conceive metaphysical units that are the foundation of what is presented to the senses. In Spinoza, on the other hand, to think about the conditions of permanence of the same individual through the various changes that he undergoes, he will argue that a composite individual conserves his nature not only by maintain ing a certain relationship of movement and rest, but also by his conatus, that is, his strength to persevere in being, at the same time as by his ability to generate active affections.