La Mettrie: Machine Man and Other Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) - Hardcover

La Mettrie, Julien Offray De

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052147258X ISBN 13: 9780521472586

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709-51), author of Man a Machine (1747), was the most uncompromising of the materialists of the eighteenth century, and the provocative title of his work ensured it a succès de scandale in his own time. This fully annotated edition presents a new English translation of the text together with the most important of La Mettrie's other philosophical works, translated into English for the first time. Ann Thomson's introduction examines his aims and the scandalous moral consequences which he drew from his materialism.

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Book Description:

Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709-51), author of Machine Man (1747), was the most uncompromising of the l8th century materialists. This edition presents a new English translation of the text together with the most important of La Mettrie's other philosophical works, translated into English for the first time.

From the Back Cover:

The main objective of Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy is to expand the range, variety and quality of texts in the history of philosophy which are available in English. The series includes texts by familiar names and also by less well-known authors. Wherever possible, texts are published in complete and unabridged form, and translations are specially commissioned for the series. Each volume contains a critical introduction together with a guide to further reading and any necessary glossaries and textual apparatus.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 052147258X
• ISBN 13: 9780521472586
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 212
• Editor: Thomson Ann