Malebranche

Nicolas Malebranche · French philosopher · 1638–1715

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What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani does not devote any sustained analysis to Malebranche in these passages: from 2015 to 2024, he cites him in lists of seventeenth-century classical metaphysics. He places him among the systems that stem from Descartes1 and among the post-Cartesians who mark the high point of metaphysics2. He also calls him one of the summits of classical metaphysics3. He names him alongside other metaphysicians of that century, though the passages do not say what he takes from each of them4. One feature recurs from one session to another: Malebranche is among the classical thinkers whose thought "breathes" or "is steeped" in God. He uses this phrase in 2016, then again in 2024 in a session on secularism5 6. He also mentions him when he sets aside the "brawl between philosophers"7, and in a session devoted to Clouscard, as part of classical philosophy8. No passage deals with a specific work.

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Who is this?

Nicolas Malebranche (6 August 1638 – 13 October 1715) was a French Oratorian Catholic priest and rationalist philosopher. In his works, he sought to synthesise the thought of St. Augustine and Descartes, in order to demonstrate the active role of God in every aspect of the world. Malebranche is best known for his doctrines of vision in God, occasionalism and ontologism.

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