Nicolas Malebranche
Nicolas Malebranche (August 6, 1638 – October 13, 1715) was a rationalist French philosopher.
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Quotes
[edit]- I am not my own light unto myself.
- Dialogues on Metaphysics (1688) Dialogue III
- Variant translation: I am not a light unto myself.
- I am unable, when I turn to myself, to recognize any of my faculties or my capacities. The inner sensation which I have of myself informs me that I am, that I think, that I will, that I have sensory awareness, that I suffer, and so on; but it provides me with no knowledge whatever of what I am — of the nature of my thought, my sensations, my passions, or my pain — or the mutual relations that obtain between all these things … I have no idea whatever of my soul.
- Dialogues on Metaphysics (1688) Dialogue III
Quotes About
[edit]- As to bad faith, Malebranche might argue
it rests with inattention. Stupidity
is not admissible. However the status
of apprehension remains an issue- Geoffrey Hill, The Triumph of Love XIV.1-4
External links
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- "Nicolas Malebranche" in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- "Nicolas Malebranche" Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)
- Malebranche's Dialogues on Metaphysics