“[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)
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Julien Offray de La MettrieOriginal title L'Homme Machine (French)
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 are mere automatons, or machines, to human beings. He denies existence of the soul as a substance separate from matter:
“If there is a revelation, it can not then contradict nature.”
Julien Offray de La Mettrie book Man a Machine
p, 125
Man a Machine (1747)
“One needs only eyes to see the necessary influence of old age on reason.”
Julien Offray de La Mettrie book Man a Machine
p, 125
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)
“What was man before the invention of words and the knowledge of language? An animal..”
Julien Offray de La Mettrie book Man a Machine
p, 125
Man a Machine (1747)
