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Ep. 286: Malebranche on Causality and Theology (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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The Inherent Properties of Things

The world will be able to be intelligible by understanding its peace s in terms of extension and the relationships between them. A malobranch isn't saying any of this. He's focusing on the world is full of extension and then the causal relations. But all those laws, if i want to say, well, why do those laws exist? Where do they come from? All that is because god makes the world a perfect place. And god makes all these laws. So he's trying to point us to saying, the law is all we need. The law is the force.

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