Nicolas Malebranche

Nicolas Malebranche (August 6, 1638 – October 13, 1715) was a rationalist French philosopher.

Quotes

 * I am not my own light unto myself.
 * Dialogues on Metaphysics (1688) Dialogue III
 * Variant translation: I am not a light unto myself.


 * I am unable, when I turn to myself, to recognize any of my faculties or my capacities. The inner sensation which I have of myself informs me that I am, that I think, that I will, that I have sensory awareness, that I suffer, and so on; but it provides me with no knowledge whatever of what I am — of the nature of my thought, my sensations, my passions, or my pain — or the mutual relations that obtain between all these things … I have no idea whatever of my soul.
 * Dialogues on Metaphysics (1688) Dialogue III

Quotes About

 * As to bad faith, Malebranche might argue it rests with inattention. Stupidity is not admissible. However the status of apprehension remains an issue
 * Geoffrey Hill, The Triumph of Love XIV.1-4