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Julien Offray de La Mettrie
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French physician and philosopher (1709–1751)

Also known as: Julien Lamettrie, La Mettrie, Lamettrie, Mettrie, Жюльен Офре де Ламетри, جوليان جان أوفري دو لا ميتري

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Known works

  • Oeuvres philosophiques (1734)
  • Man a machine ; and, Man a plant (1994)
  • L'homme machine (1748)
  • L'homme machine =
  • La Faculté vengée