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The Wisdom of Pleasures: "The School of Voluptuousness" and "The Art of Enjoyment"

Julien Offray de La Mettrie

3.8/5 ( ratings)

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.

This edition has a fully functional table of contents and original footnotes.

Language: English

Pages: 82

Format: Kindle Edition

The Wisdom of Pleasures: "The School of Voluptuousness" and "The Art of Enjoyment"

Julien Offray de La Mettrie

3.8/5 ( ratings)

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.

This edition has a fully functional table of contents and original footnotes.

Language: English

Pages: 82

Format: Kindle Edition

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