A Note on Malebranche’s Critique of Montaigne

Authors

  • Adamas Fiucci Università degli Studi di Chieti-Pescara Gabriele D’Annunzio

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6093/2284-0184/8897

Keywords:

Imagination, Pedantry, Truth, Proud, Coherence

Abstract

This paper aims to briefly discuss Malebranche’s critique to Montaigne’s personality and his major work (Essais), made in De la recherche de la verité. Shortly after an analysis of Malebranchean arguments (denunciation of Montaigne’s proud, incoherence and force of imagination), the Author delves into some considerations concerning the possible continuity between their conceptions of imagination. Unlike the dominant interpretations, which speak of Malebranche’s debt to Montaigne’s theory of imagination, it will emerge some relevant differences between their philosophies and the original Malebranchean approach to previous philosophers.

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Published

2022-01-27

Issue

Vol. 9 (2022): RTH - Education & Philosophy

Section

Evolving Philosophy

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