a. The "Soul" is Affected, 1. By Disease 18f.; 90f. 2. By Sleep 19f.; 91f. 3. By Drugs 20; 92 4. By Food 21f.; 93ff. 5. By Age and Sex 23f.; 95f. 6. By Temperature and Climate 24f.; 96ff. b. There is No Sharp Distinction Between Men and Animals (Machines) 28f., 100ff.; 41ff., 113ff.; 75f., 142f. c. Bodily Movements are Due to the "Motive Power" of the Body 51ff., 129ff. III. Conception of Matter. a. Matter is Extended 154f. b. Matter Has the Power of Motion 70, 140; 156ff. c. Matter Has the Faculty of Feeling 159ff. IV. Conception of Man: a. Man is a Machine 17, 89; 21, 93; 56, 128; 69, 140f.; 73, 143; 80, 148 b. All Man's Faculties Reduce to Sense and Imagination 35ff., 107ff. c. Man is Like Animals in Being Capable of Education 38, 110 d. Man is Ignorant of His Destiny 79, 147 V. Theological Doctrine: a. The Existence of God is Unproved and Practically Unimportant 50, 122 b. The Argument from Design is Ineffective Against the Hypothesis of Mechanical Causality 51ff., 124ff. c. Atheism Makes for Happiness 55, 126f. NOTES. [57] NOTE ON FREDERICK THE GREAT'S EULOGY. This translation is made from the third volume, pp. 159 ff. of "OEuvres de Fréderic II., Roi de Prusse, Publiées du vivant de l'Auteur," Berlin, 1789. La Mettrie was received at the court of Frederick the Great, when he had been driven from Holland on account of the heretical teaching of "L'Homme Machine," The "Eloge" was read by Darget, the secretary of the king, at a public meeting of the Academy of Berlin, to which, at the initiative of Frederick, La Mettrie had been admitted. The careful reader will not fail to note that Frederick's arithmetic is at fault, and that La Mettrie died at the age of forty-one, not forty-three, years. At a few points, perhaps, the Eloge demands elucidation. Coutances, like Caen, is a Norman town. St. Malo lies, just over the border, in Brittany. La Mettrie's military service was with the French in the Silesian wars against Maria Theresa. The battle of Dettingen was fought in Bavaria and was won by the Austrians through the aid given by George II of England to Maria Theresa. The battle of Fontenoy in the Netherlands was the only victory of the French in this war. Other accounts of the life of La Mettrie are: