Nicolas Malebranche
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6 August 1638 Paris, Kingdom of France |
| Died | 13 October 1715 (aged 77) Paris, Kingdom of France |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
| Era | 17th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
| School | Cartesianism, Rationalism |
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Main interests
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Metaphysics, Epistemology |
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Notable ideas
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Synthesis of the philosophy of St. Augustine and Descartes, doctrines of occasionalism, theodicy, vision in God |
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Nicolas Malebranche, Oratory of Jesus (French: [nikɔlɑ malbrɑ̃ʃ]; 6 August 1638 – 13 October 1715), was a French Oratorian (not to be confused with the Congregation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri) priest and rationalist philosopher. In his works, he sought to synthesize 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.
Malebranche was born in Paris in 1638, the youngest child of Nicolas Malebranche, secretary to King Louis XIII of France, and Catherine de Lauzon, sister of Jean de Lauson, a Governor of New France. Because of a malformed spine, Malebranche received his elementary education from a private tutor. He left home at the age of sixteen to pursue a course of philosophy at the Collège de la Marche, and subsequently to study theology at the Collège de Sorbonne, both colleges from the University of Paris. He eventually left the Sorbonne, having rejected scholasticism, and entered the Oratory in 1660. There, he devoted himself to ecclesiastical history, linguistics, the Bible, and the works of Saint Augustine. Malebranche was ordained a priest in 1664.
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