Henri-Louis Bergson was a French philosopher, influential especially in the first half of the 20th century and after WWII in continental philosophy.
Your monotone monads are monotonous, a singularity of sorts negating the bifurcation of reality into the ideal of simplicity. I tend to agree, for the most part, but dualities lie next to the monad and function within conceptualized boundaries, unconditional, absolute and universal.
If you are stuck on learning for the sake of learning and lack understanding, the wisdom of Heraclitus (535-475 BC) may be for you. This back and forth gameplay of memory and recall is all about timing and selective association.
