preestablished harmony

American  

noun

1. (in the philosophy of Leibnitz) synchronous operation of all monads, since their simultaneous creation, in accordance with the preexisting plan of God.

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Etymology

Origin of preestablished harmony

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

It would amount to no more than two systems going on at the same time by a preestablished harmony, but totally independent of and disjointed from each other.

From Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author by Godwin, William

No preestablished harmony this Of inner to outer realm corresponding, Nor spirit nor form by the other determined.

From The Fourth Dimensional Reaches of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition by Williams, Cora Lenore

It is not without preestablished harmony, this sculpture in the memory.

From English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice by Roe, Frederick William

Such, notably, are the poems to Laura, in which the lover's raptures are linked with the law of gravitation and the preestablished harmony of the world.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno

The doctrine of "preestablished harmony" was an especial contrivance of Leibnitz to remove the Creator from unworthy association with the less divine acts of living beings.

From Medical Essays, 1842-1882 by Holmes, Oliver Wendell