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LaMettrie's L'Homme Machine
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
LaMettrie's L'Homme Machine
Contributors:
By (Author) Aram Vartanian
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Western philosophy: Enlightenment
Dewey:
809.894
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
274
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
539g
Description
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 deve
