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Predestination, Theory of

The teaching according to which everything in the world, including the phenomena of the human psyche, is predetermined by the sheer will of God (Augustin, Luther, Calvin, pre-established harmony), or by strict mechanical necessity. Consistent advocacy of the Theory of Predestination leads to denial of development and recognition of the fact that any activity is senseless. Modern science rejects the Theory of Predestination and corroborates the teaching of dialectical materialism on the self-motion of matter.