monad

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Each monad has its own destiny, and it acts and moves entirely of its own accord.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 29, 2016

There she found another "bantling of fate," whose Nordic features suggested that he was an atavism, or at least a primeval anachronism; in any case, a monad.

From Time Magazine Archive

Haeckel and Huxley followed life through all its changing forms from monad up to man.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Ingersoll, Robert Green

Were God a bare monad, He could not impart Himself and remain Himself.

From Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology by Luce, A. A. (Arthur Aston)

These little creatures belong to the monad family, but whether they are to be called Trachelomonads, or by some other hard name, the learned must decide.

From Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations by Slack, Henry J.