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Claude-Adrien Helvetius, 1715-1771. French Enlightenment philosopher and participant in Diderot's Encyclopedia project. Hedonist and materialist thinker, especially known for his egoistic views on ethics.

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Letters of Helvetius on Perusing the Manuscript of The Spirit of Laws Two letters by the scholar, translated by Thomas Jefferson. www.econlib.org/library/Tracy/ddtMSL28.html

Biography.com: Helvetius, Claude-Adrien Short note on his life and legacy. search.biography.com/print_record.pl?id=5466

Influence of Helvetius on Bentham Excerpts from John Stuart Mill's work, Beckham. www.class.uidaho.edu/mickelsen/texts/helvetius%20influence.htm

History of Economic Thought: Claude Adrien Helvetius Profile and portrait of this Enlightenment thinker, with links to online French-language texts of his work. cepa.newschool.edu/het/profiles/helvetius.htm

Helvetius, Claude Adrien Short biographical article from the 2001 Columbia Encyclopedia. www.bartleby.com/65/he/Helvetiu.html

FOLDOC: Helvaetius Claude-Adrien Brief entry, with links to related topics, from this philosophical database. www.swif.uniba.it/../foldop/foldoc.cgi?Helvaetius+Claude-Adrien

Claude Adrien Helvetius Wikipedia entry containing material from the 1911 Britannica. www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvetius

Claude Adrien Helvetius Brief entry on this French thinker from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. www.iep.utm.edu/h/helvetiu.htm