preestablished harmony
English
Alternative forms
- pre-established harmony
Noun
preestablished harmony (uncountable)
- (philosophy) 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.
Translations
theory of causation
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