La Mettrie Julien Offray de < history of philosophy, biography > French physician and philosopher (1709-1751) who offered a materialistic account of human nature.
Julien Offray (o Offroy) de La Mettrie (Saint-Malo, 25 dicembre 1709 – Potsdam, 11 novembre 1751) è stato un fisico e filosofo francese, il primo scrittore materialista dell ...
French philosopher who put forward an intensely materialistic and atheistic view of the world and humanity. His most important work was L'Homme machine/Man-machine, 1747.