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Claude Adrien Helvétius (/ h ɛ l ˈ v iː ʃ ə s /; French: [klod adʁijɛ̃ ɛlvesjys]; 26 January 1715 – 26 December 1771) was a French philosopher, freemason and littérateur.
Claude-Adrien Helvétius was a philosopher, controversialist, and wealthy host to the Enlightenment group of French thinkers known as Philosophes. He is remembered for his hedonistic emphasis on physical sensation, his attack on the religious foundations of ethics, and his extravagant educational.
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Jun 11, 2018 · The French philosopher Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715-1771) advocated political and social equality for all men and held that education and legislation were the means to attain this goal. Claude Adrien Helvétius was born on Jan. 25, 1715, in Paris into a family of noted physicians.
HELVÉTIUS, CLAUDE-ADRIEN (1715 – 1771), French philosopher. Claude-Adrien Helv é tius was one of the most audacious writers of the French Enlightenment. The uproar surrounding the publication of his first book, De l'esprit (1758), was so sensational that he was forced to recant three times.
Claude Adrien Schweitzer (latinized as Helvétius) was born in Paris, France on February 26, 1715, into a family of prominent physicians. His grandfather, a famous alchemist, introduced the use of ipecacuanha; his father was first physician to Marie Leszczyńska, Queen of France.
Claude-Adrien Helvétius [1], né le 26 janvier 1715 à Paris où il est mort le 26 décembre 1771 [2], est un écrivain et philosophe français du courant des Lumières, auteur de deux ouvrages majeurs, De l’Esprit (1758) et De l’Homme (1772) [3].
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Jan 28, 2021 · Claude-Adrian Helvétius (Paris, 1715–Paris, 1771) was a materialist philosopher, whose version of republicanism is often regarded to have formed a major influence on the political theory standing behind the French Revolution (see Wooton 2000 ).
