The Wisdom of Pleasures
Download or Read eBook The Wisdom of Pleasures PDF written by Julien Offray de la Mettrie and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-11-05 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Julien Offray de la Mettrie |
| Publisher | : Independently Published |
| Total Pages | : 69 |
| Release | : 2018-11-05 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1730916686 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781730916687 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Wisdom of Pleasures by : Julien Offray de la Mettrie
Book excerpt: He's known for his audacious claim in 'Man a Machine' that humans can be reduced to their mechanism: but La Mettrie wrote other books too. In these hidden gems, the most radical of all Enlightenment thinkers lays bare his hedonistic ideas. In a godless universe that seems to be engineered only around pleasure and pain, how should we act? Should we just give in to all-out debauchery as our destiny, or is there a nobler path?This is the first-ever English translation of these books, which were originally published in 1747 and 1751.
