Julien Offray de La Mettrie, Man a Machine (1747)
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Let us then take in our hands the staff of experience... To be blind and to think that one can do without this staff is the worst kind of blindness.
— Julien Offray de La Mettrie on Experience
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Let us then take in our hands the staff of experience... To be blind and to think that one can do without this staff is the worst kind of blindness." in the context of "Julien Offray de La Mettrie, Man a Machine (1747)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Julien Offray de La Mettrie
Julien Offray de La Mettrie (November 23, 1709 – November 11, 1751) was a French physician and philosopher, and one of the earliest of the French materialists of the Enlightenment. He is best known for his work L'homme machine (Man a Machine).
About Julien Offray de La Mettrie
Julien Offray de La Mettrie (November 23, 1709 – November 11, 1751) was a French physician and philosopher, and one of the earliest of the French materialists of the Enlightenment. He is best known for his work L'homme machine (Man a Machine).
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