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    STUDIA PHILOSOPHIA - Issue no. 3 / 2012  
         
  Article:   WHERE DID THE SOUL OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT GO? / OÙ EST PASSÉ L’ESPRIT DES LUMIÈRES ? LOCKE, CONDILLAC, HELVETIUS.

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  Abstract:   Where Did the Soul of the Enlightenment Go? This article tries to find in the Philosophy of Enlightenment a first and by nature unique occurrence of the contemporary thesis by Vincent Descombes, according to which mind is not a property internal or intrinsic of individuals. Mind exists only in its determinate cultural manifestations – for example, a book. The first occurrence of this thesis can be found in the work of Helvetius, which inherits the philosophies of Locke and Condillac, while it retains its own peculiarities.

Keywords: mind, empiricism, materialism, Vincent Descombes
 
         
     
         
         
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