The Wisdom of Pleasures: "The School of Voluptuousness" and "The Art of Enjoyment"
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 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.
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This is the first-ever English translation of these books, which were originally published in 1747 and 1751.
The Wisdom of Pleasures: "The School of Voluptuousness" and "The Art of Enjoyment"
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 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 is the first-ever English translation of these books, which were originally published in 1747 and 1751.
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The Wisdom of Pleasures: "The School of Voluptuousness" and "The Art of Enjoyment"
The Wisdom of Pleasures: "The School of Voluptuousness" and "The Art of Enjoyment"
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Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940157912383 |
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| Publisher: | Kirk Watson |
| Publication date: | 01/23/2016 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 201 KB |
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