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Malebranche

American  
[mal-brahnsh] / malˈbrɑ̃ʃ /

noun

  1. Nicolas de 1638–1715, French philosopher.


Malebranche British  
/ malbrɑ̃ʃ /

noun

  1. Nicolas (nikɔlɑ). 1638–1715, French philosopher. Originally a follower of Descartes, he developed the philosophy of occasionalism, esp in De la recherche de la vérité (1674)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“Start by just listening and acknowledging what’s going on,” said Dr. David Malebranche, an internal medicine doctor.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2021

Dr. David Malebranche of Emory University School of Medicine treats HIV/AIDS patients from a predominately black neighborhood in Atlanta.

From Reuters • Jul. 23, 2012

Of the formation of character.—Rules of Malebranche: 1, acts produce habits, and habits produce acts; 2, one can always act against a ruling habit.

From Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State by Janet, Paul

To the first belong Malebranche, Spinoza, Leibnitz himself; to the second, the philosophers of the eighteenth century.

From Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Cousin, Victor

Malebranche cannot indeed, like his great master, claim absolute originality.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various

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