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Ideas of Julien Offray de La Mettrie, by Text
[French, 1709 - 1751, A doctor. Died at St-Malo.]
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The sun and rain weren't made for us; they sometimes burn us, or spoil our seeds
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There is no clear idea of the soul, which should only refer to our thinking part
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p.13
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There is no abrupt transition from man to animal; only language has opened a gap
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p.15
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The imagination alone perceives all objects; it is the soul, playing all its roles
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p.26
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The soul's faculties depend on the brain, and are simply the brain's organisation
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p.33
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All thought is feeling, and rationality is the sensitive soul contemplating reasoning
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p.34
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With wonderful new machines being made, a speaking machine no longer seems impossible
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Man is a machine, and there exists only one substance, diversely modified
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p.6
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When falling asleep, the soul becomes paralysed and weak, just like the body
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