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Malebranche

Description:

Malebranche refers to a philosophical school of thought associated with the ideas of Nicolas Malebranche, a French theologian and philosopher of the 17th century. Malebranche proposed a metaphysical system that emphasized the influence of God on the human mind and the search for knowledge through divine illumination.

Sample Sentences:

• Studying Malebranche's works on occasionalism helped me understand the relationship between God and human actions.
• The Malebranchean philosophy posits that all human knowledge comes from the direct intervention of God.
• Malebranche argued that the physical world was nothing more than a collection of ideas in the mind of God.

Possible Related Books:

For further exploration of Malebranche's philosophy, you may consider the following books available on Amazon:

• Malebranche and Occasionalism: A Critical Study
• Divine Illumination: The History and Future of Malebranche's Theory of Vision
• Malebranche's Metaphysics and Theology: An Introduction