"As the string of a violin or harpsichord trembles and vibrates, so the fibres or strings of the brain struck by the undulating rays of sound, are excited to return or repeat the words that touched them."
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).