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DALIA MARIJA STANÈIENË
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MALEBRANCHE‘O DEKARTIÐKOJI
DIEVO PAÞINIMO SAMPRATA
The Cartesian Concept of God‘s Cognition by Malebranche
LOGOS 42
2005 BALANDIS • BIRÞELIS
DALIA MARIJA STANÈIENË
SUMMARY
In this article the Cartesian concept of God‘s cognition is considered. Malebranche‘s main argument
on behalf of God‘s existence is an ontological one, taken from the Fifth Cogitation of Descartes. Malebranche
claims that his own epistemology is based on the statement that God is seen in this life. He
tries to prove this statement relying on the sight of cognisable magnitude. He modifies the epistemology
of Descartes, which claims that the cognising subject has innate ideas in the depths of his soul.
These innate ideas, according to Descartes, assist in creating acquired ideas from the data of sense
perception. But according to Malebrance, the cognising subject is not able to control the process of his
own thinking and to create a comprehensible object by means of acquired ideas. The subject is able to
do the only thing, i.e. to pay attention to ideas and their relations which belong to God. Hence, Malebranche
preaches absolute theocentrism. His theory is a considerable achievement in the development
of epistemology.
Malebranche‘o filosofiniuose veikaluose
tikëjimas uþima svarbià vietà. Teiginiu
„Norint bûti tikinèiuoju, reikia gyventi
aklai, taèiau norint bûti filosofu,
reikia aiðkiai matyti“ 1 , jis siekia ne suprieðinti
religijà ir filosofijà, bet paska-
Vilniaus pedagoginis universitetas
PRATARMË
RAKTAÞODÞIAI. Malebranche‘as, Descartes‘as, Dievas, idëja, paþinimas, siela.
KEY WORDS. Malebranche, Descartes, God, idea, cognition, soul.
Gauta 2005-04-18
tinti tikinèiuosius, kurie yra ir filosofai,
patirti savo tikëjimo akivaizdumà. Pritardamas
Aurelijaus Augustino minèiai
dël tikëjimo vaidmens paþinime 2 , Malebranche‘as
aiðkino, kad tikëjimas gali
padëti protui ið anksto, nurodydamas