MAN A MACHINE Translated from the French of the Marquiss d'Argens.
Man a Machine is a work of materialist philosophy by the 18th-century French physician and philosopher Julien Offray de La Mettrie, first published in 1747. In this work, de La Mettrie extends Descartes' argument that animals were mere automatons or machines to human beings, denying the existen...
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
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| Series: | Man a machine. : Translated from the French of the Marquiss d'Argens.
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Add Tag | Summary: | Man a Machine is a work of materialist philosophy by the 18th-century French physician and philosopher Julien Offray de La Mettrie, first published in 1747. In this work, de La Mettrie extends Descartes' argument that animals were mere automatons or machines to human beings, denying the existence of the soul as a substance separate from matter. |
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| Physical Description: | v, 278 pages illustrations 28 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9781534647114 |
Atlas of the body and mind