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[T]hought is so little incompatible with organized matter, that it seems to be one of its properties on a par with electricity, the faculty of motion, impenetrability, extentension, etc.

— Julien Offray de La Mettrie Man a Machine (1747)

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More quotes by Julien Offray de La Mettrie

A good prescription is still more profitable than an absolution.

Write as if thou wert alone in the universe and hadst nothing to fear from the jealousies and prejudices of the people. Otherwise thou wilt miss thy purpose.

Let us not limit the resources of nature; they are infinite, especially when reinforced by great art.

Man a Machine (1747)

The soul follows the progress of the body, as it does the progress of education.

Man a Machine (1747)

If there is a revelation, it can not then contradict nature.

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