by StevenNadler (Editor)
The French philosopher and theologian Nicolas Malebranche was one of the most important thinkers of the early modern period. A bold and unorthodox thinker, he tried to synthesize the new philosophy of Descartes with religious Platonism. This is the first collection of essays to address Malebranche's thought comprehensively and systematically. There are chapters devoted to Malebranche's metaphysics, his doctrine of the soul, his epistemology, the celebrated debate with Arnauld, his philosophical method, his occasionalism and theory of causality, his philosophical theology, his account of freedom, his moral philosophy, and his intellectual legacy.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 332
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 03 Jul 2000
ISBN 10: 052162729X
ISBN 13: 9780521627290
Book Overview: This Companion contains specially commissioned essays addressing Malebranche's thought comprehensively and systematically.