Helvetius, Claude Adrien

Born: 1715 AD
Died: 1771 AD, at 56 years of age.

Nationality: Unknown
Categories: Philosophers

French encyclopedist and sensualist philosopher

forerunner of utilitarianism

wrote "De l'Esprit" 1758 (also "Essays on the Mind")

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