- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Routledge; New edition edition (22 Nov 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0415408113
- ISBN-13: 978-0415408110
- Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 14.3 x 2.2 cm
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'A first-rate piece of Malebranche scholarship and a significant contribution to literature.' - Steve Nadler, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA 'An excellent and admirable book; indeed, it is the best overall study of Malebranche's philosophy by a single author that exists in English.' - Nick Jolley, University of California, Irvine
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Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) is one of the most important philosophers of the seventeenth century after Descartes. A pioneer of rationalism, he was one of the first to champion and to further Cartesian ideas.
Andrew Pyle places Malebranche's work in the context of Descartes and other philosophers, and also in its relation to ideas about faith and reason. He examines the entirety of Malebranche's writings, including the famous The Search After Truth, which was admired and criticized by both Leibniz and Locke. Pyle presents an integrated account of Malebranche's central theses, occasionalism and 'vision in God', before exploring and assessing Malebranche's contribution to debates on physics and biology, and his views on the soul, self-knowledge, grace and the freedom of the will.
This penetrating and wide-ranging study will be of interest to not only philosophers, but also to historians of science and philosophy, theologians, and students of the Enlightenment or seventeenth century thought.
Andrew Pyle places Malebranche's work in the context of Descartes and other philosophers, and also in its relation to ideas about faith and reason. He examines the entirety of Malebranche's writings, including the famous The Search After Truth, which was admired and criticized by both Leibniz and Locke. Pyle presents an integrated account of Malebranche's central theses, occasionalism and 'vision in God', before exploring and assessing Malebranche's contribution to debates on physics and biology, and his views on the soul, self-knowledge, grace and the freedom of the will.
This penetrating and wide-ranging study will be of interest to not only philosophers, but also to historians of science and philosophy, theologians, and students of the Enlightenment or seventeenth century thought.
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Nicolas Malebranche was born and died in the same year as Louis XIV (1638-1715), and thus belongs firmly to the siecle des lumieres celebrated in Voltaire's history. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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Nicolas Malebranche was born and died in the same year as Louis XIV (1638-1715), and thus belongs firmly to the siecle des lumieres celebrated in Voltaire's history. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index
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