Claude Adrien Helvétius

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Education makes us what we are.

Claude Adrien Helvétius

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Topic

Effects of education Education

Author

Claude Adrien Helvétius

Source

De l'esprit

Medium

Essay

Language

French

Time

1758 1750s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Helvétius, Claude-Adrien. De l'esprit [On the Mind]. Paris: Durand, 1758, essay 3, ch. 30.

When prejudice commands, reason is silent.

Claude Adrien Helvétius

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Topic

Prejudice and bias Reason

Author

Claude Adrien Helvétius

Source

A Treatise on Man

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

French

Time

1771 1770s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Helvetius, Claude Andre. De L'homme, des ses Facultes Intellectuelles et de Son Education [A Treatise on Man: His Intellectual Faculties and His Education]. Vol. 2, London: James Cundee/Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, 1810, ch. 19.

Current Citation

Helvetius, Claude Andre. A Treatise on Man: His Intellectual Faculties and His Education, translated by W. Hooper. Vol. 2, University of Michigan Press, 2009, ch. 19.