De l'esprit

Type:

boek

Titel:

De l'esprit

Auteur:

Helvétius; Châtelet, François

Jaar:

1973

Onderwerp:

18th Century (1701-1800)
Philosophy
Crescendo
Religion
France

Taal:

Frans

Uitgever:

Paris Marabout 1973

Plaatsnummer:

ORPH.PHI HELV a (Orpheus Instituut)

Paginering:

507 pages

Samenvatting:

In 1758 Helvétius published his philosophical magnum opus, a work called De l'esprit (On Mind), which claimed that all human faculties are attributes of mere physical sensation, and that the only real motive is self-interest, therefore there is no good and evil, only competitive pleasures. Its atheistic, utilitarian and egalitarian doctrines raised a public outcry, and the Sorbonne publicly burned it in 1759, forcing Helvétius to issue several retractions.

Nota:

Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715-1771) was a French philosopher, freemason and littérateur.

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