New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

PHILOSOPHER

Nicolas Malebranche

1638 - 1715

Photo of Nicolas Malebranche

Icon of person Nicolas Malebranche

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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Nicolas Malebranches by language


Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Nicolas Malebranche ranks 192 out of 1,081Before 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.

Most Popular Philosophers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1638, Nicolas Malebranche ranks 4Before 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 2Before 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.

Others Born in 1638

Go to all Rankings

Others Deceased in 1715

Go to all Rankings

In France

Among people born in France, Nicolas Malebranche ranks 418 out of 6,011Before 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).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Nicolas Malebranche ranks 24Before 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).