1638 - 1715
Nicolas Malebranche ( mal-BRONSH, French: [nikɔla malbʁɑ̃ʃ]; 6 August 1638 – 13 October 1715) was a French Oratorian Catholic priest and rationalist philosopher. In his works, he sought to synthesize the thought of St. Augustine and Descartes, in order to demonstrate the active role of God in every aspect of the world. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicolas Malebranche has received more than 417,609 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Nicolas Malebranche is the 192nd most popular philosopher (up from 195th in 2019), the 418th most popular biography from France (up from 423rd in 2019) and the 24th most popular French Philosopher.
Nicolas Malebranche was a French philosopher who is most famous for his theory of occasionalism.
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Among philosophers, Nicolas Malebranche ranks 192 out of 1,081. Before him are Athanasius Kircher, Melissus of Samos, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Ernest Renan, Pierre Bayle, and John Scotus Eriugena. After him are Xun Kuang, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Marquis de Condorcet, Georgi Plekhanov, George Herbert Mead, and Paulo Freire.
1602 - 1680
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 186
470 BC - 430 BC
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500 - 510
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 188
1823 - 1892
HPI: 68.88
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1647 - 1706
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 190
810 - 877
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 191
1638 - 1715
HPI: 68.60
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313 BC - 238 BC
HPI: 68.48
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1881 - 1955
HPI: 68.36
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1743 - 1794
HPI: 68.33
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1856 - 1918
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 196
1863 - 1931
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 197
1921 - 1997
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 198
Among people born in 1638, Nicolas Malebranche ranks 4. Before him are Louis XIV of France, Maria Theresa of Spain, and Shunzhi Emperor. After him are Nicolas Steno, Catherine of Braganza, Emperor Go-Sai, Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons, Meindert Hobbema, James Gregory, Elisabetta Sirani, and Christoph Cellarius. Among people deceased in 1715, Nicolas Malebranche ranks 2. Before him is Louis XIV of France. After him are Gülnuş Sultan, François Fénelon, Dom Pérignon, Thomas Savery, Marie Mancini, William Dampier, Antoine Galland, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Pu Songling.
1638 - 1715
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1638 - 1683
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Rank: 2
1638 - 1661
HPI: 71.23
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1638 - 1715
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1638 - 1686
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1638 - 1705
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1638 - 1685
HPI: 63.28
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1638 - 1708
HPI: 61.78
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1638 - 1709
HPI: 61.39
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1638 - 1675
HPI: 61.33
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1638 - 1665
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1638 - 1707
HPI: 58.28
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1638 - 1715
HPI: 91.31
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1638 - 1715
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1642 - 1715
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1651 - 1715
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1639 - 1715
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1650 - 1715
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1639 - 1715
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1651 - 1715
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1646 - 1715
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1636 - 1715
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1694 - 1715
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1640 - 1715
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Among people born in France, Nicolas Malebranche ranks 418 out of 6,011. Before him are André Masséna (1758), Yves Klein (1928), Alphonse Daudet (1840), Philippe Noiret (1930), Louis Renault (1843), and Henri Charrière (1906). After him are Nicolas Appert (1749), Abraham de Moivre (1667), Jean Monnet (1888), Paul Langevin (1872), Genevieve (423), and Marin Mersenne (1588).
1758 - 1817
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1928 - 1962
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1840 - 1897
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1930 - 2006
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1843 - 1918
HPI: 68.61
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1906 - 1973
HPI: 68.60
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1638 - 1715
HPI: 68.60
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1749 - 1841
HPI: 68.60
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1667 - 1754
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1888 - 1979
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1872 - 1946
HPI: 68.53
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423 - 502
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1588 - 1648
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Among philosophers born in France, Nicolas Malebranche ranks 24. Before him are Jean Buridan (1295), Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709), Pierre Gassendi (1592), Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715), Ernest Renan (1823), and Pierre Bayle (1647). After him are Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881), Marquis de Condorcet (1743), Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (1714), Gabriel Marcel (1889), Jean-François Lyotard (1924), and Joseph de Maistre (1753).
1295 - 1361
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1709 - 1751
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1592 - 1655
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1715 - 1771
HPI: 69.51
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1823 - 1892
HPI: 68.88
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1647 - 1706
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 23
1638 - 1715
HPI: 68.60
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1881 - 1955
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 25
1743 - 1794
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 26
1714 - 1780
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 27
1889 - 1973
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 28
1924 - 1998
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 29
1753 - 1821
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 30