Malebranche and the novel of the soul

被引：0

作者：

Wiel, Veronique

机构：

[1] 28000 Chartres, 22, rue des Crépinières

来源：

REVUE DES SCIENCES PHILOSOPHIQUES ET THEOLOGIQUES | 2011年 / 95卷 / 01期

关键词：

Voltaire; Locke; novel of the soul; story of origins; likelihood; inconstance; passion; pleasure; freedom; salvation;

D O I：

10.3917/rspt.951.0069

中图分类号：

B [哲学、宗教];

学科分类号：

01 ; 0101 ;

摘要：

The present study takes as its point of origin Voltaire's statement that discredits all philosophers preceding Locke who could only write what he calls "novels of the soul". It is the purpose of this paper to establish how this judgement has indeed a basis, but not the one implied by Voltaire. Malebranche's cardinal idea that we have no idea of our soul and that it has no language compells us to express it in a narrative form. Some motifs shall be examined here in order to show that this "unfinished novel" finds its true meaning once it is situated within the story of salvation.

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页码：69 / 89

页数：21