preestablished harmony

noun

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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Meanings

nounpreestablished harmony (uncountable)

alternative pre-established harmony

  1. uncountablehuman sciencesGottfried 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.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 前定和諧 /前定和谐
  • 前定和諧 /前定和谐theory of causation
French harmonie préétablie
  • harmonie préétablietheory of causation
German prästabilierte Harmonie
  • prästabilierte Harmonietheory of causation
Japanese 予定調和
  • 予定調和 (yoteichouwa)theory of causation
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