History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

HoP 488 No Particular Reason: Nicolas Malebranche

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

Show Notes

We begin to explore Malebranche’s controversial development of Cartesian philosophy by looking at his theodicy.

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