LaMettrie's L'Homme Machine / / Aram Vartanian.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Vartanian, Aram,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1960
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 2254
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (274 p.)

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.

Table of 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