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"There is a lot more expressive power that we still need to cater for in order to express, for instance, truths of existence and identity. Here we may follow existing practice, however, and use the symbols ‘E!’ and '=’ respectively for these purposes. But we also need quantifiers – at least a particular and a universal quantifier – although for this purpose too we may as well again follow existing practice and use the symbols ‘9’ and ‘8’. However, we shall not adopt the usual assumption that existence can be ‘analysed’ in terms of ‘9’ and ‘¼’. And another appropriate diversion from standard practice would be to favour so-called restricted quantifiers for most purposes. For instance, in order to represent the sentence ‘Some (individual) horses are white’, we shall use a formula such as ‘(9x: αx)(Fx)’, where ‘α’ = ‘horse’ and ‘F' = ‘white’. Similarly, in order to represent the sentence ‘Some (species of) mammals are viviparous’, we shall use a formula such as ‘(9φ: βφ)(Gφ)’, where ‘β’ ¼ ‘mammal’ and ‘G’ ¼ ‘viviparous’. (It will be noticed, incidentally, that I am here adopting the convention of using x, y, z, … as variables ranging over primary substances and φ, χ, ψ, … as variables ranging over secondary substances.)" is a Malebranchean moment.

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“All I can say is Pontius Pilate and the Jewish High Priests had CTE” is like the Malebranchean moment of 2024.

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How beautiful Grandpa looks to me, Mother.

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The three Malebranchean Moments of the past decade: La La Land (2016), Licorice Pizza (2021), and Professor Marion, knowing that the entire class did not have the facility for Latin, nonetheless advised his students to read Gassendi's Exercitationes Paradoxicae Adversus Aristoteleos in its entirety (2022).

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This is the average Malebranchean dogmatist.

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A lot of things can happen in the Malebranchean Moment.

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"It seems like the Vienna Circle was the less refined version, one could say the authentic imposter of the Malebranchean Moment" is the Vienna Circle.

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"Basically, Leibniz met Jesus Christ in the China of his dreams" is the Vienna Circle.

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“My friend Fanhao Meng believes he is the last Malebranchean” is the Vienna Circle.