The first modern translation of the complete texts of La Mettrie's pioneering "L'Homme machine" and "L'Homme plante", first published in 1747 and 1748, respectively, this volume also includes translations of the advertisement and dedication to "L'Homme machine".
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
Original Language: French
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Boy has Society Come a Long Way.,
By S. K. Leggate "Sunni" (Fernley, NV United States) - See all my reviews
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This was a very interesting read. La Mettrie spends the course of two essays describing what for the most part may well be common knowledge now. What amazed me is that this was a banned book at one time and that he originally published it anonymously for fear of repercussions. Boy has society come a long way.
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L'Homme machine (Man a Machine) was published in 1748 anonymously, with good reason, considering its brazen thesis. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Elie Luzac, New York, Father Malebranche, Frederick the Great, Abraham Trembley, Julien Offray de La Mettrie New!
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L'Homme machine (Man a Machine) was published in 1748 anonymously, with good reason, considering its brazen thesis. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
scientific naturalism Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Elie Luzac, New York, Father Malebranche, Frederick the Great, Abraham Trembley, Julien Offray de La Mettrie New!
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- Man a Machine by Julien Offray de La Mettrie on 6 pages
- Man a Machine (Open Court Classics) by Julien Offray de La Mettrie on 6 pages
- International Library of Philosophy: The History of Materialism by F.A. Lange on page 6, page 9, and page 16
- Man A Machine by Julien Offray De La Mettrie in Front Matter, and page 16
- Descartes and medicine (Nieuwe Nederlandse bijdragen tot de geschiedenis der geneeskunde) by Gerrit Arie Lindeboom on page 14, and page 16
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- The Yard of Wit: Male Creativity and Sexuality, 1650-1750 by Raymond Stephanson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Kant's Politics: Provisional Theory for an Uncertain World by Elisabeth Ellis in Back Matter
- Metaromanticism: Aesthetics, Literature, Theory by Paul Hamilton on page 289
- Body Dialectics in the Age of Goethe (Amsterdamer Beiträge zur neueren Germanistik 55) by Marianne Henn on page 175
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