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قراءة كتاب Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II.
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CHAPTER V.
Helvétius.
- Three works of which Diderot was regarded as the inspirer 123
- Helvétius’s L’Esprit 123
- Contemporary protests against it 123
- Turgot’s weighty criticism 124
- Real drift of the book 127
- Account of Helvétius 127
- The style of his book 134
- The momentous principle contained in it 135
- Adopted from Helvétius by Bentham 136
- Helvétius’s statement of doctrine of Utility 137
- Miscarriage of the doctrine in his hands 139
- His fallacy 140
- True side of his objectionable position 140
- Helvétius’s reckless presentation of a true theory 141
- Confusion of beneficence with self-love 142
- Imitation from Mandeville 143
- Mean anecdotes 144
- Nature of Helvétius’s errors 144
- Explanation of them 146
- Positive side of his speculation 147
- Its true significance 149
- Second great paradox of L’Esprit 149
- Benjamin Constant’s Adolphe 152
CHAPTER VI.
Holbach’s System of Nature.