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Lamettrie, Julien Offroy de

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.

Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy