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Claude-Adrien Helvétius, 1715-1771
Swiss-French tax collector, philanthropist and Enlightenment philosopher widely regarded as the father of utilitarianism.
Helvétius's widely-read 1758 treatise, De l'ésprit, was condemned by the Sorbonne, the Pope and the Parlement of Paris and burnt by the public executioner. Although Helvétius did not contribute to the Encyclopédie and Diderot even directed a polemical tract against him, the authorities believed his dangerous ideas were fostered by it and thus the Encyclopédie was suppressed. With scandal surrounding him, Helvétius published no more works in his lifetime.
Claude-Adrien Helvétius, 1715-1771
Swiss-French tax collector, philanthropist and Enlightenment philosopher widely regarded as the father of utilitarianism.
Helvétius's widely-read 1758 treatise, De l'ésprit, was condemned by the Sorbonne, the Pope and the Parlement of Paris and burnt by the public executioner. Although Helvétius did not contribute to the Encyclopédie and Diderot even directed a polemical tract against him, the authorities believed his dangerous ideas were fostered by it and thus the Encyclopédie was suppressed. With scandal surrounding him, Helvétius published no more works in his lifetime.
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