# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
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# Generated: 2026-09-01T09:21:00.081Z

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name: "Claude Adrien Helvétius"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born in Paris in January 1715, Helvétius moved through the salons and lodges of Enlightenment France as philosopher, Freemason, and man of letters. His writing pushed at the boundaries of what could be said about morality and the mind in an age when those boundaries had teeth. He died in December 1771, leaving behind a body of work that outlasted the controversy it provoked.