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In the synthesis of thoughts, who's ideas did he pair with those of St. Augustine's?
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Augustine, who had been born in a North African colony of the Roman Empire, had been the greatest of Christian thinkers in the 4th century. Augustine, who had been the greatest of Christian thinkers in the 4th century, had argued that we could know that God exists by reasoning from our own existence, and that this was an insight that could be shared by all human beings.
Unraveling the enigma: A Quiz on Nicolas Malebranche - The French Priest and Rationalist Philosopher
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