Claude Adrien Helvétius

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Claude Adrien Helvétius


Born
in Paris, France
January 26, 1715

Died
December 26, 1771


Claude Adrien Helvétius or ou Claude-Adrien Schweitze was a French philosopher, freemason and littérateur. Il est le fils de Jean-Adrien Helvétius et le petit-fils de Johann Friedrich Helvétius.

Claude-Adrien Helvétius ou Claude-Adrien Schweitzer est un écrivain, philosophe et franc maçon français du courant des Lumières. He was the son of Jean-Adrien Helvétius and the grandson of Johann Friedrich Helvétius.
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De L'Espirit or Essays on t...

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A Treatise on Man, His Inte...

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El verdadero sentido del si...

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Bonheur

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“To prohibit the reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves.”
Claude Adrien Helvetius

“To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves: such a prohibition ought to fill them with disdain.”
Claude Adrien Helvetius, Treatise on Man: His Intellectual Faculties and His Education V1

“The degree of intellect necessary to please us is a fairly accurate measure of the degree of our own intellect.”
Claude Adrien Helvétius, De L'Espirit or Essays on the Mind and Its Several Faculties

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