  Interestingly, Leibniz uses the principle of plentitude not only to  argue against the atomists’ postulation of empty space, but  also against the possibility of simple indivisible atoms themselves.  For, Leibniz argues, no matter how small one imagines atoms to be, as long as they are reckoned internally simple and homogenous, the world could still contain more variety, richness, and being if they were  more finely divided. He thus draws the characteristic conclusion that “The least corpuscle is actually subdivided in infinitum and  contains a world of other creatures which would be wanting in the  universe if that corpuscle were an atom, that is, a body of one  entire piece without subdivision” (G VII.377–378/AG 332).