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We see all things in God.
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The sentence expresses a view in which God is the lens through which everything is understood. “All things” suggests that nothing lies outside this spiritual perspective. It does not necessarily mean that objects are physically seen inside God, but that God gives the whole world its meaning and context.
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- Cambridge University Press, The Cambridge Companion to Malebranche
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