Helvétius

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Helvétius [hɛlˈviːʃɪəs (French) ɛlvesjys]

(Biographies / Helvétius, Claude Adrien (1715-1771) M, French, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher) Claude Adrien (klod adriɛ̃). 1715-71, French philosopher. In his chief work De l'Esprit (1758), he asserted that the mainspring of human action is self-interest and that differences in human intellects are due only to differences in education

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