Die christologische Vermittlung des rationalen Systems von Nicolas Malebranche: Formulierung einer These
Nicolas Malebranche was one of the greatest men of his time, a contemporary of Louis XIV., of Pascal, Racine, Antoine Arnauld, Leibniz, but today he is one of the great unknown. After the end of philosophical Systems, what could be the significance of a philosopher who belongs to the cartesian schoo...
| Published in: | Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie |
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| Language: | German |
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1995
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Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Malebranche, Nicolas 1638-1715
/ Faith
/ Reason
/ Christology
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history NAA Systematic theology NBF Christology VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Malebranche, Nicolas (1638-1715)
B Faith B Cognition theory B Reason |
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| Summary: | Nicolas Malebranche was one of the greatest men of his time, a contemporary of Louis XIV., of Pascal, Racine, Antoine Arnauld, Leibniz, but today he is one of the great unknown. After the end of philosophical Systems, what could be the significance of a philosopher who belongs to the cartesian school of rationalism? Rereading Malebranche's "Recherche de la Vérité" and trying to do justice to his connection with the French Oratory, the "École Française de Spiritualité", one can show that his thinking centres on the foundation of reason, on the origin of thought, which for him has to be understood as christological. Jesus Christ is for him as well as for Pascal the centre in every area of existence. Because of this christocentrism any kind of narrow system of thought is opened towards an interpretation of all reality as moving continuously to God. Thus the actual and historical character of the "Recherche de la Vérité", i. e. the dependence of the spirit on its corporal constitution, is the essential difference between Descartes and Malebranche. For the spirit in world and time – thus also for the spirit in sin and darkness – seeking for the truth is only possible in "imitation of the humiliated Word". Rationality in Malebranche's philosophy has a christological structure: The incarnation of Jesus Christ is the centre and the ultimate foundation of any rational construction of reality. In Jesus Christ the rationality of reason is proved; reason is illuminated by faith, by the event of the incarnation which man understands in the act of faith. – This essay tries to follow the different levels of rationality in Malebranche's philosophy and thereby to define the relation of philosophy to theology. Its novelty lies in the attempt of a positive theological review of Malebranche's philosophy. |
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| ISSN: | 0044-2895 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.15496/publikation-65897 HDL: 10900/124533 |