La Mettrie´s Oeuvres 1764 and L´homme machine 1748
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Beskrivning
LA METTRIE, (JULIEN OFFROY) DE. (2). Oeuvres philosophiques,... Nouvelle edition. Corrigée & augmentée. I-II. Berlin 1764.
12:o. (1)-78, (2), (1)-198, (3), 202-256, 260-312, (2), (5), 6-34, (3), 38-111, (4), 116-262, (7), 270-362 pp. BOUND WITH:
(LA METTRIE, JULIEN OFFROY DE). L'homme machine. Á Leyde (de l'imp. d'Elie Lusac, Fils) 1748.
12:o. (20), (1)-109, (1 blank) pp.
Contemporary brown mottled full calf, richly gilt spines in five compartments, red edges. 2 volumes.
Julien Offray de La Mettrrie (1709-1751), French physician and philosopher, one of the earliest of the French Materialists of the Enlightenment, best known for his work "L'homme machine"(Machine man or The Human Mechanism). La Mettrie believed that man worked like a machine due to mental thoughts depending on bodily actions. He then argued that the organization of matter at a high and complex level resulted in human thought. His work did help to influence psychology, specifically behaviourism. (Wikipedia).
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
Auktionsnummer:
6463
Datum:
2015-06-16