Materialism; Mind and body; Physiology -- Early works to 1800
1748 "L'homme plus que machine." London (Leyden).
* "Man More than a Machine," translated from the
French of Elie Luzac, and printed with the
translation of "Man a Machine" for G. Smith,
1750.
RENÉ DESCARTES.
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la méthode."
* "The Discourse on Method," translated by John
Veitch. Open Court Publishing Co., 1903.
1641 "Meditationes de prima philosophia."
1644 "Principia philosophiae."
* "The Meditations and Selections from the
Principles of Philosophy," translated by John
Veitch. Open Court Publishing Co., 1905.
1650 "Les passions de l'âme."
* "OEuvres de Descartes," Vol. IV. Edited by Victor
Cousin, Paris, 1824.
JOHN TOLAND.
1704 * "Letters to Serena." London. Printed for Bernard
Lintot.
THOMAS HOBBES.
1650 "Human Nature or the Fundamental Elements of
Policie." London.
1651 "Leviathan; Or the Matter, Form, and Power of a
Commonwealth, Ecclesiastical & Civil." London.
1655 "Elementorum Philosophiae Sectio Prima: De
Corpore." London.
* English Works edited by Sir William Molesworth,
1839-45. Volume III. Leviathan.
Volume IV. Human Nature.
JOHN LOCKE.
1690 "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding."
London.
* Edition of Books II and IV (with omissions)
preceded by the English version of Le Clerc's
"Eloge historique de feu Mr. Locke," ed. M. W.
Calkins. Open Court Publishing Co., 1905.
ETIENNE BONNOT DE CONDILLAC.
1754 "Traité des sensations." Paris and London.
1755 "Traité des animaux." Paris and London.
* "OEuvres complètes," 23 vols. Edited by Guillaume
Arnoux and Mousnier. Paris, 1798. Vol. III.
"Traité des sensations." "Traité des animaux."
BARON P. H. D. VON HOLBACH.
1770 "Système de la nature," par M. Mirabaud [really
Von Holbach].
* Nouvelle edition avec des notes et des
corrections par Diderot. Paris, 1821.
C. A. HELVETIUS.
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