French - Philosopher | August 6, 1638 - October 13, 1715
We are made to know and love God.
Nicolas Malebranche
LoveGodKnowMade
We see things in this material world, wherein our bodies dwell, only because our mind through its attention lives in another world, only because it contemplates the beauties of the archetypal and intelligible world which Reason contains.
MindWorldAttentionDwellSeeOnly
You cannot of yourself move your arm or alter your position, situation, posture, do to other men good or evil, or effect the least change in the world.
ChangeGoodMenYourselfEvilWorld
You will not dishonor the divine perfections by judgments unworthy of them, provided you never judge of Him by yourself, provided you do not ascribe to the Creator the imperfections and limitations of created beings.
YourselfJudgeYouWillNeverHim
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