i'll be straight with you malebranche was a complete blind reach into the bag of names to autocomplete the template and there was no intended malebranche specific contextual content here, whatsoever. although some could be confabulatorily retrodicted and perhaps "it would be irresponsible not to
January 18, 2026 at 9:44 PM
i'll be straight with you malebranche was a complete blind reach into the bag of names to autocomplete the template and there was no intended malebranche specific contextual content here, whatsoever. although some could be confabulatorily retrodicted and perhaps "it would be irresponsible not to
malebranche or something wrote that I don't give a fuck
January 18, 2026 at 9:34 PM
malebranche or something wrote that I don't give a fuck
January 17, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Glad to see I still remember the Malebolge, 8th Circle of Hell from the Divine Comedy, in detail.
Particularly how it's the destination for corrupt politicians and unscrupulous businessmen, doomed to boil alive and be drawn and quartered by the Malebranche.
Particularly how it's the destination for corrupt politicians and unscrupulous businessmen, doomed to boil alive and be drawn and quartered by the Malebranche.
January 15, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Glad to see I still remember the Malebolge, 8th Circle of Hell from the Divine Comedy, in detail.
Particularly how it's the destination for corrupt politicians and unscrupulous businessmen, doomed to boil alive and be drawn and quartered by the Malebranche.
Particularly how it's the destination for corrupt politicians and unscrupulous businessmen, doomed to boil alive and be drawn and quartered by the Malebranche.
-- Nicolas Malebranche
not the smallest atom stirs or lives on matter, but has its cunning duplicate in mind.
January 14, 2026 at 8:30 PM
-- Nicolas Malebranche
J'avoue que ce passage m'a fait tiquer... Faut dire que le terme de conscience était vraiment mal choisi... sauf si on a affaires à des nouveaux Malebranche qui s'imaginent que les animaux sont des machines qui ne ressentent rien...
January 12, 2026 at 7:56 PM
J'avoue que ce passage m'a fait tiquer... Faut dire que le terme de conscience était vraiment mal choisi... sauf si on a affaires à des nouveaux Malebranche qui s'imaginent que les animaux sont des machines qui ne ressentent rien...
(There's also the hoary old story of Berkeley's philosophy being the death of Malebranche, but thats a story for another day.)
January 11, 2026 at 1:43 PM
(There's also the hoary old story of Berkeley's philosophy being the death of Malebranche, but thats a story for another day.)
#Malebranche was an important influence on #Berkeley.
As AA Luce said (when Berkeley was viewed as primarily influenced by Locke), "neglect of the Malebranche factor in Berkeleianism takes the heart out of it, reducing its solid reality to flimsy dream". (Berkeley & Malebranche (1934), p. 5.)
As AA Luce said (when Berkeley was viewed as primarily influenced by Locke), "neglect of the Malebranche factor in Berkeleianism takes the heart out of it, reducing its solid reality to flimsy dream". (Berkeley & Malebranche (1934), p. 5.)
This morning I recorded three (!) episodes on Malebranche, which will be out in March and April along with an interview featuring Steve Nadler.
Actually of course God caused the recordings, not me; and I hope in due course He'll cause you to listen to them!
#philsky #philosophy #malebranche
Actually of course God caused the recordings, not me; and I hope in due course He'll cause you to listen to them!
#philsky #philosophy #malebranche
January 11, 2026 at 1:01 PM
#Malebranche was an important influence on #Berkeley.
As AA Luce said (when Berkeley was viewed as primarily influenced by Locke), "neglect of the Malebranche factor in Berkeleianism takes the heart out of it, reducing its solid reality to flimsy dream". (Berkeley & Malebranche (1934), p. 5.)
As AA Luce said (when Berkeley was viewed as primarily influenced by Locke), "neglect of the Malebranche factor in Berkeleianism takes the heart out of it, reducing its solid reality to flimsy dream". (Berkeley & Malebranche (1934), p. 5.)
This morning I recorded three (!) episodes on Malebranche, which will be out in March and April along with an interview featuring Steve Nadler.
Actually of course God caused the recordings, not me; and I hope in due course He'll cause you to listen to them!
#philsky #philosophy #malebranche
Actually of course God caused the recordings, not me; and I hope in due course He'll cause you to listen to them!
#philsky #philosophy #malebranche
January 11, 2026 at 11:35 AM
This morning I recorded three (!) episodes on Malebranche, which will be out in March and April along with an interview featuring Steve Nadler.
Actually of course God caused the recordings, not me; and I hope in due course He'll cause you to listen to them!
#philsky #philosophy #malebranche
Actually of course God caused the recordings, not me; and I hope in due course He'll cause you to listen to them!
#philsky #philosophy #malebranche
Considering that all the other demons that use this same sprite were references to the "Malebranche" from the Divine Comedy, i'm going to assume the name here was just a bad translation and that this thing name is "Scarmiglione"
January 11, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Considering that all the other demons that use this same sprite were references to the "Malebranche" from the Divine Comedy, i'm going to assume the name here was just a bad translation and that this thing name is "Scarmiglione"
[THREAD]
Les inspirations des Seigneurs Élémentaires de FF IV
Ils tirent leurs noms de démons apparaissant dans la Divine Comédie de Dante. Gardiens du huitième cercle, Malebolge, les Malebranche sont équipés de crochets et ont pour mission de maintenir les âmes damnées sous une mer de poix.
Les inspirations des Seigneurs Élémentaires de FF IV
Ils tirent leurs noms de démons apparaissant dans la Divine Comédie de Dante. Gardiens du huitième cercle, Malebolge, les Malebranche sont équipés de crochets et ont pour mission de maintenir les âmes damnées sous une mer de poix.
January 10, 2026 at 11:41 AM
[THREAD]
Les inspirations des Seigneurs Élémentaires de FF IV
Ils tirent leurs noms de démons apparaissant dans la Divine Comédie de Dante. Gardiens du huitième cercle, Malebolge, les Malebranche sont équipés de crochets et ont pour mission de maintenir les âmes damnées sous une mer de poix.
Les inspirations des Seigneurs Élémentaires de FF IV
Ils tirent leurs noms de démons apparaissant dans la Divine Comédie de Dante. Gardiens du huitième cercle, Malebolge, les Malebranche sont équipés de crochets et ont pour mission de maintenir les âmes damnées sous une mer de poix.
Just blabbing into the ether, but my oldest OCs are part of a world VERY loosely based on Dante's Inferno. A fanfiction of a fanfiction of a fiction. Hahaha
Ezra and Karde are based off the Malebranche, Ixion is a harpy, the Minotaur is...well a minotaur, and Bram is based off Lucifer.
Ezra and Karde are based off the Malebranche, Ixion is a harpy, the Minotaur is...well a minotaur, and Bram is based off Lucifer.
December 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Just blabbing into the ether, but my oldest OCs are part of a world VERY loosely based on Dante's Inferno. A fanfiction of a fanfiction of a fiction. Hahaha
Ezra and Karde are based off the Malebranche, Ixion is a harpy, the Minotaur is...well a minotaur, and Bram is based off Lucifer.
Ezra and Karde are based off the Malebranche, Ixion is a harpy, the Minotaur is...well a minotaur, and Bram is based off Lucifer.
For my theology mega-nerds: we have to remember that Barth’s actualism *is not* a general metaphysics of creaturely causation. Barth is not a Calvinist Malebranche, however much his detractors claim he is. What Barth’s work seeks to do is to state the following clearly:
December 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
For my theology mega-nerds: we have to remember that Barth’s actualism *is not* a general metaphysics of creaturely causation. Barth is not a Calvinist Malebranche, however much his detractors claim he is. What Barth’s work seeks to do is to state the following clearly:
The next day in Kyoto went fast. We visited the Higashi Hogan-ji Temple complex, the museum of Kyoto, and to satisfy our matcha needs a stop at Malebranche. Then, a short Shinkansen and Go taxi ride later, we were in Osaka celebrating my birthday next to Doutonbori Street.
December 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The next day in Kyoto went fast. We visited the Higashi Hogan-ji Temple complex, the museum of Kyoto, and to satisfy our matcha needs a stop at Malebranche. Then, a short Shinkansen and Go taxi ride later, we were in Osaka celebrating my birthday next to Doutonbori Street.
Walter Benjamin: «Si Kafka no ha rezado —lo que no sabemos—, sin embargo, le era propio en sumo grado lo que Malebranche llama “la oración natural del alma” —la atención [Aufmerksamkeit]. Y en ella incluyó, como los santos en sus oraciones, a toda criatura».
December 28, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Walter Benjamin: «Si Kafka no ha rezado —lo que no sabemos—, sin embargo, le era propio en sumo grado lo que Malebranche llama “la oración natural del alma” —la atención [Aufmerksamkeit]. Y en ella incluyó, como los santos en sus oraciones, a toda criatura».
some of the minor voidsent in post enw are also named for malebranche, was a neat touch
December 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
some of the minor voidsent in post enw are also named for malebranche, was a neat touch
Summoner Saga - Malebranche
I decided to use the ambiguity of their appearance to draw them as the grotesque demons of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Human and animal parts all melded together in a mockery of creation.
I decided to use the ambiguity of their appearance to draw them as the grotesque demons of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Human and animal parts all melded together in a mockery of creation.
December 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Summoner Saga - Malebranche
I decided to use the ambiguity of their appearance to draw them as the grotesque demons of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Human and animal parts all melded together in a mockery of creation.
I decided to use the ambiguity of their appearance to draw them as the grotesque demons of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Human and animal parts all melded together in a mockery of creation.
I'm researching where Pierre Bayle got his idea from, that the passions can determine us to being virtuous. But, contrary to the usual story of early modernity systematically devaluing the emotions, it actually seems like a fairly common idea (Malebranche, Nicole, La Mothe Le Vayer, Montaigne, etc).
November 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I'm researching where Pierre Bayle got his idea from, that the passions can determine us to being virtuous. But, contrary to the usual story of early modernity systematically devaluing the emotions, it actually seems like a fairly common idea (Malebranche, Nicole, La Mothe Le Vayer, Montaigne, etc).
The 5th Bolgia of the 8th Circle of Hell is for corrupt politicians, where they are condemned to forever drown in a pit of boiling pitch, and to be torn apart by the Malebranche if they should ever climb above it's surface.
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 AM
The 5th Bolgia of the 8th Circle of Hell is for corrupt politicians, where they are condemned to forever drown in a pit of boiling pitch, and to be torn apart by the Malebranche if they should ever climb above it's surface.
November 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
👉Rencontre de l'IRER en Sorbonne le 17 novembre (18h30-20h), amphi Michelet, autour d'Alexandra Albertini, "La superstition, des origines à la critique rationaliste au XVIIe siècle. Burton, Malebranche, Bayle, Fontenelle" (Honoré Champion, 2025) Sur place/Zoom, sur inscription👇
November 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
👉Rencontre de l'IRER en Sorbonne le 17 novembre (18h30-20h), amphi Michelet, autour d'Alexandra Albertini, "La superstition, des origines à la critique rationaliste au XVIIe siècle. Burton, Malebranche, Bayle, Fontenelle" (Honoré Champion, 2025) Sur place/Zoom, sur inscription👇