Oeuvres Philosophiques de Mr. de la Mettrie: Discours Preliminaire; L'Homme Machine; Traite de l'Ame; Abrege des Systemes; Les Animaux plus que Machines; L'Homme Plante; Systeme d'Epicure; Anti-Seneque, ou Discours sur le Bonheur.
Amsterdam: S.N. [Elie Luzac], 1752. Full-Leather. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2305753
Spine leather drying, light stain to front flyleaf.
78, 109, 198, 58, 77, 56, 114 pp. Original full leather, leather spine label, marbled paste-down endpapers. A collection of works by the influential Enlightenment philosopher best known for L'Homme Machine, which takes materialist concepts introduced by Rene Descartes one step further to contend that human beings are automatons with no souls. These concepts later became influential in the theories of evolution and quantum mechanics. This volume includes: Discours Preliminaire; L'Homme Machine; Traite de l'Ame; Abrege des Systemes; Les Animaux plus que Machines; L'Homme Plante; Systeme d'Epicure; Anti-Seneque, ou Discours sur le Bonheur.
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