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On the duties we owe to God’s wisdom. It alone enlightens our minds, in consequence of certain natural laws, of which our desires are the occasional causes which determine their efficacy. Judgments and duties of minds in relation to universal Reason.

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Malebranche, N. (1993). Chapter Three. 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_17

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