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A51655 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.; Recherche de la vérité. English Malebranche, Nicolas, 1638-1715. 1694 (1694) Wing M315; ESTC R4432 349,306 512

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