Claude Adrien Helvétius (January 26, 1715 - December 26, 1771) was a French philosopher, freemason and intellectual. In 1758 he published his philosophical magnum opus, a work called De l'esprit (On Mind), which claimed that all human faculties are attributes of mere physical sensation, and that the only real motive is self-interest, therefore there is no good and evil, only competitive pleasures.

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Claude Helvétius, French Philosopher

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