Claude-Adrien Helvetius, 1715-1771. French Enlightenment philosopher and participant in Diderot's Encyclopedia project. Hedonist and materialist thinker, especially known for his egoistic views on ethics.
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- Letters of Helvetius on Perusing the Manuscript of The Spirit of Laws Two letters by the scholar, translated by Thomas Jefferson.
- Claude Adrien Helvetius Wikipedia entry containing material from the 1911 Britannica.
- Claude Adrien Helvetius Brief entry on this French thinker from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.