Lamettrie, Julien Offroy de
Lamettrie, Julien Offroy de
(1709-1751) A French materialist and author of L’homme machine, in which he expresses his belief that the soul is a product of bodily growth; he maintains that the brain has its “thought muscles” just as the leg has its “walk muscles.”
Main works
Histoire naturelle de l’ame, 1745;
L’homme-machine, 1747;
L’homme-plante, 1748;
Discours sur le bonheur, 1748;
Le systeme d’ Epicure, 1750. — R.B.W.