Project Gutenberg 2016-05-16 Public domain in the USA. 837 La Mettrie, Julien Offray de 1709 1751 Mettrie, Julien Offray de La La Metrie, M. de (Julien Offray) La Mettrie, Julien Offroy de Frederick II, King of Prussia 1712 1786 Prussia, Frederick II King of Friedrich II, der Grosse, King of Prussia Calkins, Mary Whiton 1863 1930 Bussey, Gertrude Carman 1888 1961 13004432 Man a Machine Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Man a Machine" by Julien Offray de La Mettrie is a philosophical treatise written in the mid-18th century. This work explores the nature of humanity from a materialistic perspective, positing that humans are essentially machines governed by physical laws. La Mettrie critiques traditional metaphysical views of the soul, advocating instead for an understanding of human experience through the lens of anatomy and physiology. The opening of the book provides a preface that contextualizes La Mettrie's philosophical journey, detailing his background as a physician and philosopher who argued for materialism against prevailing spiritualist ideas. It highlights La Mettrie's influential concepts, particularly his assertion that understanding the body's mechanics can explain various aspects of human thought and behavior. He uses examples from medicine and physiology to illustrate how disturbances in the body affect the mind, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of the relationship between body and mind throughout the text. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Materialism Mind and body Physiology -- Early works to 1800 B Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology 581211 581199 2024-09-21T16:22:49.773280 2023-09-22T12:55:20.357006 text/html text/html 585081 2016-05-16T16:45:50 text/html; charset=us-ascii 360121 2016-05-16T16:47:26 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 381870 2024-09-21T16:23:02.613454 application/epub+zip 385830 2024-09-21T16:22:53.001283 application/epub+zip 257636 2024-09-21T16:22:51.365233 application/epub+zip 621537 2024-09-21T16:23:08.540179 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 573883 2024-09-21T16:23:00.999234 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 386553 2022-09-23T18:28:03.434424 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 362777 362540 2024-09-21T16:22:47.021332 2023-09-22T12:55:17.640999 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 360034 2016-05-16T16:45:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 136214 2016-05-16T16:47:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20540 2024-09-21T16:23:08.708140 application/rdf+xml 17040 2024-09-21T16:22:51.547238 image/jpeg 2477 2024-09-21T16:22:51.457232 image/jpeg 358338 2024-09-21T16:22:49.828266 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia