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Malebranche
[ mal-brahnsh ]
noun
- Ni·co·las de [nee-kaw-, lah, d, uh], 1638–1715, French philosopher.
Malebranche
/ malbrɑ̃ʃ /
noun
- MalebrancheNicolas16381715MFrenchPHILOSOPHY: philosopher Nicolas (nikɔlɑ). 1638–1715, French philosopher. Originally a follower of Descartes, he developed the philosophy of occasionalism, esp in De la recherche de la vérité (1674)
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Malebranche was right when, speaking on this subject, he said: "I think no more of history than I do of the news of my parish."
I should like to complain to Father Malebranche about the mice which eat everything here; is that in order?
The same fallacy led Leibnitz to his pre-established harmony, and Malebranche to his occasional causes.
On such literary follies Malebranche has made this refined observation.
Malebranche's Search after Truth had been translated from the French not long before.
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