Pyle - Malebranche

Works by Malebranche

I have worked entirely with the Oeuvres Compltes de Malebranche, ed. Andr Robinet, 20 Volumes, Paris, Vrin, 195878. References are given to OCM, by volume and page. Individual works by Malebranche are referred to by means of the following abbreviations.

English translations

For the Search after Truth and the Dialogues on Metaphysics and Religion I have made use of the existing English translations, both of which have recently appeared in the Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. Thanks are due to Professor Lennon for permission to use his English translation of the Search, and to Cambridge University Press and Professors Jolley and Scott for permission to use their English translation of the Dialogues.

For the Treatise on Nature and Grace I have sometimes been able to use the recent translation by Patrick Riley. Since his translation is of the short first edition of 1680, I have been obliged to use the Oeuvres Compltes for material added to later editions.

Nicolas Malebranche, The Search After Truth, translated and edited by Thomas Lennon and Paul Olscamp. Plus Elucidations of the Search after Truth, translated and edited by Thomas Lennon, Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Nicolas Malebranche, Dialogues on Metaphysics and on Religion, translated by David Scott and edited by Nicholas Jolley, Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Nicolas Malebranche, Treatise on Nature and Grace, translated with an introduction and notes by Patrick Riley, Oxford, Clarendon, 1992.

These translations will be referred to as LO, JS, and R respectively. References to the Recherche, the Entretiens and, where appropriate, the Trait will be to both the OCM version and the English translation (e.g. OCM III 163, LO 633). Translations of all other works by Malebranche are my own.

Works of Descartes

AT = Oeuvres de Descartes, Charles Adam and Paul Tannery, eds, 12 Volumes (Paris, Cerf, 18971910).

CSM(K) = The Philosophical Writings of Descartes, translated and edited by John Cottingham, Robert Stoothoff, Dugald Murdoch, and (for Vol. 3) Anthony Kenny, 3 Volumes (Cambridge University Press, 198591).

References to the works of Descartes will be given both to the original French or Latin, and to the English translation where available (e.g. AT IX 37, CSM II 31).