Indice: Abbreviations and editions. Preface. 1. Introduction 2. Tensions in Cartesian metaphysics 3. The vision in God 4. The dispute with Arnauld over the nature of ideas 5. Occasionalism and continuous creation 6. Malebranche's modifications of Cartesian physics 7. Malebranche's biology 8. Malebranche on the soul and self-knowledge 9. Malebranche on freedom, grace and the will 10. The downfall of Malebranchism. Notes. Bibliography. Indexes