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LA METTRIE'S L'HOMME MACHINE. A Study in the Origin's of an Idea
by La Mettrie (Julien Offray de) ; Aram Vartanian (Introduction and notes)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Very good
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University press, 1960. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Hardcover. First edition thus. Octavo. 264pp. Inc. Notes, bibliography and index. Green cloth, with black and gilt title in dust jacket. Spine of dust jacket slightly darkened.
"La Mettrie is most remembered for taking the position that humans are complex animals and no more have souls than other animals do. He considered that the mind is part of the body and that life should be lived so as to produce pleasure (hedonism). His views were so controversial that he had to flee France and settle in Berlin.
"La Mettrie is most remembered for taking the position that humans are complex animals and no more have souls than other animals do. He considered that the mind is part of the body and that life should be lived so as to produce pleasure (hedonism). His views were so controversial that he had to flee France and settle in Berlin.
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- Bookseller
- Lost Horizon Bookstore
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53785
- Title
- LA METTRIE'S L'HOMME MACHINE. A Study in the Origin's of an Idea
- Author
- La Mettrie (Julien Offray de) ; Aram Vartanian (Introduction and notes)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Princeton University press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton, NJ
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- Hedonism
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