Nicolas Malebranche Quotes on Knowledge
Nicolas Malebranche was a French Oratorian priest and one of the most original Cartesian philosophers of the seventeenth century. This page collects quotes attributed to Nicolas Malebranche on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Nicolas Malebranche:
“We see all things in God.”
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Attributed to Nicolas Malebranche:
“Attention is the natural prayer of the soul.”
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“I am not my own light unto myself.”
Dialogues on Metaphysics (1688) Dialogue III | Variant translation: I am not a light unto myself . -
“Dialogues on Metaphysics (1688) Dialogue III”
I am not my own light unto myself. -
“Variant translation: I am not a light unto myself .”
I am not my own 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 -
“Dialogues on Metaphysics (1688) Dialogue III”
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 obta -
“Quoted in Elena Spagnol, Enciclopedia delle citazioni , Garzanti, Milano, 2009. ISBN 9788811504894 (in Italian).”
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