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"Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709-1751)"
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Date: 1748, 1749
"The former have explored and unravelled the labyrinth of Man. They alone have discovered to us those hidden springs concealed under a cover, which hides from us so many wonders."
preview | full record— Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709-1751)
Date: 1748, 1749
"A person would be tempted to think, at certain times, that the soul is lodged in the stomach, and that Van Helmont in placing it in the pylorus, is not deceived but by taking a part for the whole."
preview | full record— Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709-1751)
Date: 1748, 1749
"The eye is, in reality, a sort of peep-hole, thro' which the soul can view the images of objects, according as they are represented from different bodies."
preview | full record— Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709-1751)
