# Mademoiselle Thibaut — An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding character guide

> Mademoiselle Thibaut in An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0004-v-sceptical-solution-of-these-doubts

## Who they are

French woman mentioned in a thought experiment about personal identity.

## Relationships

### [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_enquiry_concerning_human_understanding_se/characters/narrator)

_social_

Mademoiselle Thibaut appears as a minor anecdotal figure in the narrator's discussion of human behavior and custom.

## In the story

### [Of the Different Species of Philosophy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_enquiry_concerning_human_understanding_se/chapters/i-of-the-different-species-of-philosophy)

Mentioned as an example of a figure whose reputation is confined to her own nation and age, similar to Malebranche.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_enquiry_concerning_human_understanding_se/chapters/endnotes)

Cited in the discussion of Jansenist miracles, where her case was examined by the physician De Sylva.

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