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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1809 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1809 Edition.
1809. Translated from the French. To which is now prefixed a life
of the author. Swiss-French tax collector, philanthropist and
Enlightenment philosopher, Claude-Adrien Helvetius is widely
regarded as the father of utilitarianism. Helvetius's principle
work, De l'esprit, was condemned by the Sorbonne, the Pope and the
Parliament of Paris and burnt by the public executioner, ensuring
that it was read more than any other book of the time.
1809. Translated from the French. To which is now prefixed a life
of the author. Swiss-French tax collector, philanthropist and
Enlightenment philosopher, Claude-Adrien Helvetius is widely
regarded as the father of utilitarianism. Helvetius's principle
work, De l'esprit, was condemned by the Sorbonne, the Pope and the
Parliament of Paris and burnt by the public executioner, ensuring
that it was read more than any other book of the time.
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