schesis

noun /ˈskiːsɪs/

1. General state or disposition of the body or mind, or of one thing with regard to other things; habitude.

   obsolete, uncountable

   For if that Mind which has Existing in it self from all Eternity, all the Simple Essences of Things , and conſequently , all their poſſible Scheſes or Habitudes, should ever change, there would arise a new Schesis in this Mind that was not before

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek σχέσις (skhésis, “state, condition, attitude”), from ἔχω (ékhō). See scheme.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry schesis (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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