Julien Offray de La Mettrie: Quotes about the soul

Julien Offray de La Mettrie was French physician and philosopher. Explore interesting quotes on soul.

Julien Offray de La Mettrie: 84 quotes2 likes

“[T]he, diverse states of the soul are always correlative with those of the body.”

Julien Offray de La Mettrie book Man a Machine

p, 125
Man a Machine (1747)

“I reduce to two the systems of philosophy which deal with man's soul. The first and older system is materialism; the second is spiritualism.”

Julien Offray de La Mettrie book Man a Machine

p, 125
Man a Machine (1747)

“The soul is… but an empty word, of which no one has any idea, and which an enlightened man should use only to signify the part in us that thinks…”

Julien Offray de La Mettrie book Man a Machine

Man a Machine (1747)

“The soul follows the progress of the body, as it does the progress of education.”

Julien Offray de La Mettrie book Man a Machine

p, 125
Man a Machine (1747)

“[E]verything is the work of imagination, and… all the faculties of the soul can be correctly reduced to pure imagination…”

Julien Offray de La Mettrie book Man a Machine

p, 125
Man a Machine (1747)

“[M]an… whatever the origin of his soul, if it is pure, noble, and lofty, it is a beautiful soul which dignifies the man endowed with it.”

Julien Offray de La Mettrie book Man a Machine

p, 125
Man a Machine (1747)

“[I]magination is the soul, since it plays all the roles of the soul.”

Julien Offray de La Mettrie book Man a Machine

p, 125
Man a Machine (1747)