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  • Man a Machine (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. A Radical Enlightenment Treatise on Mind, Body, Human Nature, and Mechanistic Materialism

    by Julien Offray de La Mettrie, June Umberley ...
    Translated by Gertrude Carman Bussey ...
    In Man a Machine, Julien Offray de La Mettrie advances one of the eighteenth century's most provocative materialist arguments: that human beings, including their thoughts, passions, and moral dispositions, are wholly explicable through bodily organization and physical processes. Written in a lucid, polemical, and often audacious style, the treatise extends Cartesian mechanism while rejecting ... Read more

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  • Man a Machine

    by Julien Offray de La Mettrie ...
    The French text presented in this volume is taken from that of a Leyden edition of 1748, in other words, from that of an edition published in the year and in the place of issue of the first edition. The title page of this edition is reproduced in the present volume. The original was evidently the work of a Dutch compositor unschooled in the French language, and is full of imperfections, ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Man a Machine

    Enriched edition. Exploring Human Nature: Enlightenment Views on Materialism and Free Will

    by Julien Offray de La Mettrie, Penelope Hightower ...
    Translated by Gertrude Carman Bussey ...
    In "Man a Machine," Julien Offray de La Mettrie presents a provocative and groundbreaking examination of human existence through a mechanistic lens. Written in the 18th century, this philosophical treatise critiques the dualism of mind and body, arguing instead for a materialist view that likens humans to complex machines. La Mettrie's literary style melds sharp wit with rigorous argumentation, ... Read more

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  • L'Homme Machine

    by Julien Offray de La Mettrie ...
    On sera peut-être surpris que j'aie osé mettre mon nom à un livre aussi hardi que celui-ci. Je ne l'aurois certainementpas fait, si je n'avois cru la Religion à l'abri de toutes les tentatives qu'on fait pour la renverser; & si j'eusse pume persuader, qu'un autre Imprimeur n'eût pas fait très volontiers ce que j'aurois refusé par principe de conscience.Je sais que la Prudence veut qu'on ne donne ... Read more

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  • MAN A MACHINE

    by JULIEN OFFRAY DE LA METTRIE ...
    The French text presented in this volume is taken from that of a Leyden edition of 1748, in other words, from that of an edition published in the year and in the place of issue of the first edition. The title page of this edition is reproduced in the present volume. The original was evidently the work of a Dutch compositor unschooled in the French language, and is full of imperfections, ... Read more

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  • Man a Machine

    by Julien Offray de la Mettrie ...
    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. ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Man a Machine

    Enriched edition.

    by Julien Offray de La Mettrie, Sydney Caldwell ...
    Translated by Gertrude Carman Bussey ...
    In "Man a Machine," Julien Offray de La Mettrie presents a provocative examination of human nature through the lens of materialism and mechanistic philosophy. Written in the 18th century, this seminal work challenges conventional notions of the soul and dualism by positing that human beings function similarly to machines, governed by physical laws and impulses. La Mettrie employs a bold, ... Read more

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    Man A Machine

    by Julien Offray de La Mettrie ...
    Narrated by Edward Hermann (Synthesised), Synthesised Voice ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 25 min

    This recording has been digitally produced by DeepZen Limited, using a synthesized version of an audiobook narrator’s voice under license. DeepZen uses Emotive Speech Technology to create digital narrations that offer a similar listening experience to human narration."Man a Machine" by Julien Offray de La Mettrie is a provocative treatise from the Enlightenment period that challenges traditional ... Read more

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