Banned and Burned: the Rare First edition
Item 233527De l'esprit.
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Paris: Chez Durand, 1758. First edition, second issue. Banned and Burned: the Rare First edition. First edition of the last major work of the French philosopher and encyclopédiste Helvetius, De l'esprit (On the Mind) was condemned by the Church and the Sorbonne for its uncompromising atheism, regarded as dangerously revolutionary..... Read More Item Details for De l'esprit Add to Wish List
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