La Mettrie's L'homme machine : a study in the origins of an idea / with an introductory monograph and notes by Aram Vartanian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vartanian, Aram, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physiology--Early works to 1800.

Physiology.

Materialism--Early works to 1800.

Materialism.

Mind and body--Early works to 1800.

Mind and body.

Mechanism (Philosophy)--Early works to 1800.

Mechanism (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

Critical edition.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1960.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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 development of La Mettrie's materialism, and its critical impact on the intellectual struggles of the eighteenth century.Originally published in 1960.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

I. Biographical Sketch of La Mettrie

II. Interpretation of l'Homme machine

III. The Development of La Mettrie's Thought

IV. The Historical Background of l'Homme machine

V. The Critical Reaction of La Mettrie's Contemporaries

VI. L'Homme machine since 1748

A Note on the Text

L'Homme machine

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 18, 2016).

ISBN:

0-691-65240-6

1-4008-7801-2

OCLC:

966879782