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Materialism in Eighteenth-Century European Thought

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Science EncyclopediaScience & Philosophy: Macrofauna to MathematicsMaterialism in Eighteenth-Century European Thought - Seventeenth-century Background, The Eighteenth Century, French Materialism, English Materialism, Conclusion, Bibliography