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LaMettrie's L'Homme Machine / Aram Vartanian.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 2254Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©1960Description: 1 online resource (274 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691626079
  • 9781400878017
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 612
LOC classification:
  • B2063 .H5 1960
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- I. Biographical Sketch of La Mettrie -- II. Interpretation of l'Homme machine -- III. The Development of La Mettrie's Thought -- IV. The Historical Background of l'Homme machine -- V. The Critical Reaction of La Mettrie's Contemporaries -- VI. L'Homme machine since 1748 -- A Note on the Text -- L'Homme machine -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: As a classic of the French Enlightenment, L'Homme Machine has in the past been of equal interest to students of philosophy, science, and literature. The present edition offers the first established text, with extensive notes. In his introduction, Dr. Vartanian discusses La Mettrie's thesis, its sources, the place of the man-machine idea in the development of La Mettrie's materialism, and its critical impact on the intellectual struggles of the eighteenth century.Originally published in 1960.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- I. Biographical Sketch of La Mettrie -- II. Interpretation of l'Homme machine -- III. The Development of La Mettrie's Thought -- IV. The Historical Background of l'Homme machine -- V. The Critical Reaction of La Mettrie's Contemporaries -- VI. L'Homme machine since 1748 -- A Note on the Text -- L'Homme machine -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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As a classic of the French Enlightenment, L'Homme Machine has in the past been of equal interest to students of philosophy, science, and literature. The present edition offers the first established text, with extensive notes. In his introduction, Dr. Vartanian discusses La Mettrie's thesis, its sources, the place of the man-machine idea in the development of La Mettrie's materialism, and its critical impact on the intellectual struggles of the eighteenth century.Originally published in 1960.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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