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Treatise on Nature and Grace

Nicolas Malebranche
1680 · French
Theological-philosophical treatise · Cartesian-Augustinian / theodicy

Malebranche's 1680 general-will theodicy treatise

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Attribute Treatise on Nature and Grace (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Passive
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Revelation
Observer · Theological Method —
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Reversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

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Time

Treatise on Nature and Grace

1680.

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Space

Treatise on Nature and Grace

Late-seventeenth-century French theological-controversy context.

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Matter

Treatise on Nature and Grace

Theological-philosophical treatise.

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Observer

Treatise on Nature and Grace

Mid Malebranche.

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Energy

Treatise on Nature and Grace

Theodicy energies.

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Information

Treatise on Nature and Grace

Tripartite treatise.

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Treatise on Nature and Grace

Treatise on Nature and Grace founded general-will theodicy; major Leibnizian-Rousseauian influence.