pre-established harmony

A form of preestablished harmony — Gottfried Leibniz's philosophical theory of causation, according to which every substance affects only itself, but all the substances in the world (both bodies and minds) nevertheless seem to interact with each other causally because they have been programmed in advance by God to harmonize with each other.

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nounpre-established harmony (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of preestablished harmony.
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