Malebranche\u92's concept of creationism

Malebranche‘o metafizinėje sistemoje nemažai dėmesio skiriama Kūrimo sampratai. Apibūdindamas Dievą kaip begalinę išmintį, nes Jame glūdi tiesa ir Jis pats yra Tiesa, priskirdamas Dievui beribę galybę, nes tik Jo valia veikia kūriniai, kurie patys savaime yra bejėgiai, Malebranche‘as teigia, kad Dievui pakanka paties savęs, nes Jis žino viską, gali viską ir Jam nieko netrūksta. Tad filosofui kelia nerimą mintis: kodėl Jis ėmėsi Kūrimo? Jeigu Jis leido egzistuoti kitiems kūriniams, vadinasi, pasak Malebranche‘o, Jis kažko norėjo. [...] Straipsnyje analizuojama Malebranche‘o kreacionizmo samprata atsakant į šiuos klausimus: ką sukūrė Dievas? Kodėl Dievas kūrė? Kokie pagrindiniai Kūrimo principai?Article unfolds the concept of divine creation by the famous French philosopher Nicolas Malebranche, who tried to answer the question how it is possible that omnipotent and omniscient God, who lacks nothing, creates something else. As a Christian, Malebranche believes that the world is created by God, but as a philosopher he tries to understand and rationally explain the Creation. His attitude and attempts could be characterised by the famous saying that faith looks for understanding (Fides quarens intellectum). He tries to understand why and how God created the world. In doing this he relies on Descartes‘ claim (The Third Meditation) that man is related to God by the twofold relation of dependence and independence, and finally comes to the conclusion that since God created it follows that He wanted