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(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.
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preestablished harmony
Noun
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.
Japanese Meaning
（哲学）ライプニッツが提唱した因果律の理論。各実体は自己完結的に存在する一方、神によって予めプログラミングされており、すべての実体が調和をもって見かけ上互いに因果的に連動しているという考え方。 / （日本語の表現例）事前に定められた調和、すなわち、個々の実体は独自に存在するが、それにも関わらず全体として調和しているように見える現象を説明する思想。
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(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.
