Nicolas Malebranche
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Catholic priest
French philosopher
Oratorian
human
metaphysician
philosopher
rationalist philosopher
Nicolas Malebranche was a 17th-century French Oratorian priest and philosopher best known for synthesizing Cartesianism with Augustinian theology, developing the doctrine of occasionalism and a distinctive theory of seeing all things in God.
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| instanceOf |
Catholic priest
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French philosopher → Oratorian → human → metaphysician → philosopher → rationalist philosopher → |
| countryOfCitizenship | France → |
| dateOfBirth | 1638-08-06 → |
| dateOfDeath | 1715-10-13 → |
| educatedAt |
Collège de la Marche
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Sorbonne NERFINISHED → |
| ethnicGroup | French → |
| familyName |
Nicolas Malebranche
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surface form:
Malebranche
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| fieldOfWork |
Christian theology
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early modern philosophy → |
| givenName |
Nicholas
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surface form:
Nicolas
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| influenced |
David Hume
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George Berkeley → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz → Jonathan Edwards → Nineteenth-century French spiritualism → |
| influencedBy |
Antoine Arnauld
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René Descartes → Augustine of Hippo →
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Saint Augustine of Hippo
St. Thomas Aquinas →
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Thomas Aquinas
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| languageOfWorkOrName | French → |
| mainInterest |
epistemology
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metaphysics → philosophy of mind → philosophy of religion → theology → |
| memberOf | Oratory of Jesus → |
| movement |
Cartesianism
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French classical philosophy → rationalism → |
| notableIdea |
occasionalism
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theodicy based on order and general volitions → vision in God → |
| notableWork |
Christian and Metaphysical Meditations
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Dialogues on Metaphysics and on Religion → The Search After Truth → Treatise on Nature and Grace → |
| philosophicalSchool |
Augustinian theology
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Augustinianism
Cartesianism → |
| placeOfBirth | Paris → |
| placeOfDeath | Paris → |
| positionHeld | Catholic priest in the Oratory of Jesus → |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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Catholicism
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| sexOrGender | male → |
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this entity surface form:
Malebranche