nicolas de malebranche
Definition
- Proper noun:
- A French philosopher: Nicolas de Malebranche was a 17th-century French philosopher known for his work in metaphysics, epistemology, and the philosophy of religion, particularly his synthesis of Cartesian and Augustinian ideas.
Usage Examples
- Proper noun:
- The philosophy of Nicolas de Malebranche is central to understanding occasionalism.
- We studied Nicolas de Malebranche's arguments concerning vision in God.
Advanced Usage
- "Malebranchean" (adj): Pertaining to or characteristic of the philosophy of Nicolas de Malebranche.
- The debate featured a strong Malebranchean perspective on causation.
Variants and Related Words
- Occasionalism (n): The philosophical doctrine, prominently developed by Malebranche, that all causal efficacy belongs to God alone, and creatures are merely occasions for divine action.
- Vision in God (n): A key Malebranchean thesis that we see all things in God, who contains the ideas of all possible things.
Synonyms
- Philosopher: thinker, metaphysician (specific to his role).
- There are no direct synonyms for the proper name itself.
Related Phrases
- "à la Malebranche": In the manner or style of Malebranche's philosophy.
- He interpreted the mind-body problem à la Malebranche.
Related Idioms
- No common idioms directly incorporate the name "Nicolas de Malebranche."
Noun
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French philosopher (1638-1715)
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