Malebranch's search after truth, or, A treatise of the nature of the humane mind and of its management for avoiding error in the sciences : vol I : done out of French from the last edition.

BOOK I. Of the Errors of the Senses.

• Chap. 1. I. OF the Nature and Properties of the Ʋnderstand∣ing. II. Of the Nature and Properties of the Will, and wherein its Liberty consists. Page 1
• Chap. 2. I. Of Judgments and Reasonings. II. That they de∣pend upon the Will. III. What use must be made of its Liberty in respect of them. IV. Two General Rules to avoid Error and Sin. V. Necessary Reflections upon these Rules. p. 9
• Chap. 3. I. Answers to some Objections. II. Remarks upon what hath been said about the necessity of Evidence. p. 16
• Chap. 4. I. Of the Occasional Causes of Error, and that of these there are Five Principal ones. II. The General Design of the whole Work, and the particular Design of the first Book. p. 22
• Chap. 5. Of the Senses. I. Two ways of Explaining how they are corrupted by Sin. II. That 'tis not our Senses, but our Liberty, which is the true Cause of our Errors. III. A Rule not to be deceiv'd in the Ʋse of our Senses. p. 25
• Chap. 6. I. Of the Errors of the Sight, in respect of Extension, consider'd in it self. II. An Enumeration of these Errors, as to invisible Objects. III. Of the Errors of the Sight, con∣cerning relative Extension. p. 33
• Chap. 7. I. Of the Errors of Sight in respect of Figures. II. We have no Knowledge of the least things. III. The Know∣ledge we have of the greatest things is not exact. IV. An Explication of certain Natural Judgments which keep us from being deceiv'd. V. That these very Judgments deceive us in particular Occurrences. p. 44
• Chap. 8. I. That our Eyes do not inform us of the greatness or swiftness of Motion consider'd in it self. II. That Duration, which is necessary to be understood to know what Motion is, is unknown. III. Examples of the Errors of Sight, in re∣spect of Motion and Rest. p. 49

• Chap. 9. A Continuation of the same Subject. I. A General Proof of the Errors of our Sight about Motion. II. That it's necessary to know the distance of Objects, to judge of the swiftness of their Motion. III. An Examination of Means to know their distances. p. 54
• Chap. 10. Of Errors about Sensible Qualities I. A distinction of Soul and Body. II. An Explication of the Organs of the Senses. III. To what part of the Body the Soul is immedi∣ately united. IV. How Objects act upon Bodies. V. How upon the Soul; with Reasons why the Soul does not perceive the Motions of the Fibres of the Body. VI. Four things which are Confounded in every Sensation. p. 64
• Chap. 11. I. Of the Error we are subject to in respect of the Action of Objects upon the External Fibres of our Senses. II. The Cause of that Error. III. An Objection and Answer. p. 71
• Chap. 12. I. Of the Errors concerning the Motions of the Fibres of our Senses. II. That either we perceive not these Motions, or else confound them with our Sensations. III. Experience which proves it. IV. Tor••e sorts of Sensations. V. The Errors which accompany them. p. 73
• Chap. 13. I. Of the Nature of Sensations. II. That we know them better than we believe we do. III. An Objection and Answer. IV. Why we imagine we know nothing of our Sensations. V. That we deceive our selves in believing that all Men have the same Sensations of the same Objects. VI. Objection and Answer. p. 80
• Chap. 14. I. Of the false Judgments that accompany our Sen∣sations, and which we confound with them. II. Reasons of these false Judgments. III. That Error is not in our Sensations, but only in these Judgments. p. 90
• Chap. 15. An Explanation of the particular Errors of Sight, which may serve us as an Example of the General Errors of our Senses. p. 95
• Chap. 16. I. That the Errors of our Senses are the most general and fruitful Principles, whence we draw all the false Con∣clusions, which in their turns also serve us for Principles. II. The Origine of Essential Differences. III. Of substantial Forms. IV. Of some other Errors in the Philosophy of the Schools. p 97
• Chap. 17. I. Another Example drawn from Morals, which shows that our Senses only offer us false Goods. II. That 'tis God only who is our true Good. III. The Origine of the Errors of the Epicureans and Stolcks. p. 102

• Chap. 18. I. Our Senses deceive us in things which are not Sensible. II. An Example drawn from the Conversation of Men. III. We must not confide in Sensible Habits. p. 105
• Chap. 19. Two other Examples. I. The first of our Errors concerning the Nature of Bodies. II. The second, of these that relate to the Qualities of these Bodies. p. 109
• Chap. 20. The Conclusion of this first Book. I. That our Senses are only given us for our Bodies. II. That we must doubt of their Testimony. III. That it is not an inconsiderable thing to doubt as we ought to do. p. 113