What nationality was Nicolas Malebranche?
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Nicolas Malebranche was a French philosopher and Catholic priest. He was born in Paris in 1638 and died in the same city in 1715. Malebranche was a member of the Oratorian Order of priests and was a prolific writer on philosophy and theology. He is best known for his theory of occasionalism, which holds that all events in the world are caused by God, not by other physical objects.
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