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In this introduction I will undertake six related topics, in order: Malebranche’s impact on his own time; his theory of being; his theories of causation and knowledge; Part One of his Ethics, on virtue; Part Two, on duty; the influence of his Ethics on some later philosophers; and a final section of appreciation and assessment of his significance.
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Walton, C. (1993). Translator’s Introduction. In: Treatise on Ethics (1684). International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales D’histoire Des Idées, vol 133. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2480-5_1
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