Tradition

Ontologism

Overview

Ontologism is a philosophical system most associated with Nicholas Malebranche (1638–1715) which maintains that God and divine ideas are the first object of our intelligence and the intuition of God the first act of our intellectual knowledge. Nicolas Malebranche was a source for many later philosophers of Ontologism such as Antonio Rosmini. The Holy Office condemned Ontologism in 1861 as unsafe for teaching (tuto tradi non possunt).

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Philosophers who discussed Ontologism

• Nicolas Malebranche
• Aleksey Khomyakov
• Vincenzo Gioberti

Related ideas

• Nicolas Malebranche
• Encyclopedia.com
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Antonio Rosmini

Place in the tradition

Part of Italian philosophy.

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