L'homme machine
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Man a Machine (French: L'homme Machine) is a work of materialist philosophy by the 18th-century French physician and philosopher Julien Offray de La Mettrie, first published in 1748. In this work, La Mettrie extends Descartes' argument that animals were mere automatons or machines to human beings, denying the existence of the soul as a substance separate from matter.
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Early works to 1800Early works to 1850MaterialismMechanism (Philosophy)Mechanism, (Philosophy)Mind and body
First published 1748Setting
Early works to 1800Early works to 1850
About the author
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
1709 – 1751
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