"I mean that invigorating and impetuous principle which Hypocrates calls ενοϱμον or the soul. This principle exists and is seated in the brain at the point of origin of the nerves through which it exercises its rule over all the rest of the body."
L'Homme machine [Man a Machine]
4 entries in the ESTC. Published anonymously, translated into English in 1749 with printings in 1750 and 1752.<br>
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Text from <u>Man a Machine. Translated from the French of the Marquiss D'Argens.</u> (London: Printed for W. Owen, 1749). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW107352679&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Reading <u>Man a Machine and Man a Plant</u>, trans. Richard A. Watson and Maya Rybalka (Indianapolis: Hackett, 1994). Translation based on version from La Mettrie's <u>Oeuvres philosophiques</u> (Berlin: 1751).