A Dictionary of Philosophy, Third Edition
. 1638–1715. Born in Paris, he became a member of the religious society called the Oratoire de France. Starting largely under the influence of DESCARTES he elaborated a system which is now known chiefly for his OCCASIONALISM and his doctrine that we ‘see all things in God’, i.e. that the objects of almost all our knowledge are ideas, which exist independently of us and in God; we know external objects only as represented by ideas.
Malebranche also wrote on science and morality. De la Recherche de la vérité, 1674–5. Traité de la nature et de la grace, 1680. Traité de morale, 1684. Entretiens sur la métaphysique et sur la religion, 1688.
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