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Nicolas Malebranche

1638 - 1715

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Nicolas Malebranche ( mal-BRONSH; French: [nikɔla malbʁɑ̃ʃ]; 6 August 1638 – 13 October 1715) was a French Oratorian Catholic priest and rationalist philosopher. In his works, he sought to synthesise the thought of St. Augustine and Descartes, in order to demonstrate the active role of God in every aspect of the world. Malebranche is best known for his doctrines of vision in God, occasionalism and ontologism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolas Malebranche is the 195th most popular philosopher (down from 188th in 2019), the 451st most popular biography from France (down from 419th in 2019) and the 25th most popular French Philosopher.

Nicolas Malebranche was a French philosopher who is most famous for his theory of occasionalism.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Nicolas Malebranche ranks 195 out of 1,267. Before him are Gemistus Pletho, Pierre Gassendi, Pierre Bayle, Kabir, Apollonius of Tyana, and Ernest Renan. After him are John Rawls, Max Horkheimer, Christian Wolff, Diotima of Mantinea, Slavoj Žižek, and Karl Kautsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1638, Nicolas Malebranche ranks 4. Before him are Louis XIV of France, Maria Theresa of Spain, and Shunzhi Emperor. After him are Nicolas Steno, Zeb-un-Nissa, Emperor Go-Sai, Catherine of Braganza, Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons, Elisabetta Sirani, Meindert Hobbema, and James Gregory. Among people deceased in 1715, Nicolas Malebranche ranks 2. Before him is Louis XIV of France. After him are François Fénelon, Gülnuş Sultan, Dom Pérignon, William Dampier, Antoine Galland, Marie Mancini, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Pu Songling, Thomas Savery, and Mirwais Hotak.

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In France

Among people born in France, Nicolas Malebranche ranks 451 out of 6,770. Before him are Olympe de Gouges (1748), Hans Bethe (1906), Anouk Aimée (1932), Ernest Renan (1823), Henry of Flanders (1174), and Jean Genet (1910). After him are Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824), Robert I of France (860), Paul Barras (1755), Émile Bernard (1868), Theodor Eicke (1892), and Leslie Caron (1931).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Nicolas Malebranche ranks 25. Before him are Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908), Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715), Jean Baudrillard (1929), Pierre Gassendi (1592), Pierre Bayle (1647), and Ernest Renan (1823). After him are Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (1714), Jean-François Lyotard (1924), Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881), Joseph de Maistre (1753), Gaston Bachelard (1884), and Gabriel Marcel (1889).

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