OÙ EST PASSÉ L’ESPRIT DES LUMIÈRES ? LOCKE, CONDILLAC, HELVÉTIUS
WHERE DID THE SOUL OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT GO?

Summary/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.

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