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"L'Homme machine [Man a Machine]"
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Date: 1748, 1749
Wherefore a soul of clay, capable of discerning at one glance, the relations, and consequences of an infinite number of ideas, that are difficult to apprehend, would be evidently preferable to a heavy and stupid soul, formed of the most precious elements."
preview | full record— Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709-1751)
Date: 1748, 1749
"Wit contracts rust amongst those that have none."
preview | full record— Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709-1751)
Date: 1748, 1749
"Words, languages, laws, sciences, and the liberal arts were introduced in time, and by them the rough diamond of our understanding was polished."
preview | full record— Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709-1751)
