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Title: Malebranche: Dialogues on Metaphysics and on Religion by Nicolas Malebranche, Nicholas Jolley, David Scott ISBN: 0521574021 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: June, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $65.00

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Summary: The best introduction to Malebranche.
Comment: The Search After Truth may (I stress may) be a better book, but this is simply the best introduction to Malebranche's system.

And you should read about Malebranche's system, since it was held in very high regard during the Seventeenth Century, although it fell into disregard afterwards. It had a big impact on Leibniz, so for that reason alone it should be studied. But it's also quite entertaining to study since it is, to be blunt, one of the looniest systems ever put forward by a major philosopher. The two main elements are that we see everything in God (leading Malebranche to assert that our eyes have nothing to do with sight), and that God directly causes everything (including everything you ever do - God personally reaches down from heaven and makes it happen). I'll let those speak for themselves.

While the Search After Truth is long and rambling, this is short and concise, and Malebranche is surprisingly good at the dialogue form, so it's really a fairly quick and pleasant read. If you're just looking to know what Malebranche's system was all about, then it's not even neccessary to read the Search if you've read this.