# Julien Offray de La Mettrie

> He wrote that humans are machines without souls — complex animals running on meat and nerve — and the backlash forced him out of France entirely.

*French physician and philosopher*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/julien-offray-de-la-mettrie

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** France
- **Born:** 1709-12-12
- **Died:** 1751-11-11
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Julien Offray de La Mettrie was a French physician and philosopher who pushed Enlightenment materialism past the line polite society would tolerate. In 1747 he published L'homme machine, arguing that the mind is simply part of the body, that humans possess no immortal soul distinguishing them from other animals, and that life's proper aim is pleasure. The position made him one of the earliest French materialists and one of the most controversial: he had to flee France and settle in Berlin, where he died in 1751 at forty-one.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.5 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 23.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 3.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #206

## Topics
#Academics, #Academic, #Philosophy, #Medicine, #Literature, #France, #Europe, #Early Modern Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7068)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien_Offray_de_La_Mettrie)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Julien%20Offray%20de%20La%20Mettrie)
- [جوليان جان أوفري دو لا ميتري](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%AF%D9%88_%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A)
- [جوليان جان اوفرى دو لا ميترى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%AF%D9%88_%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%89)
- [Cülyen Lametri](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%BClyen_Lametri)
- [Жульен Афрэ дэ Ламетры](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%90%D1%84%D1%80%D1%8D_%D0%B4%D1%8D_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D1%8B)
- [Julien Offray de La Mettrie](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien_Offray_de_La_Mettrie)
- [ژولیەن ئوفرێ دو لا مێتری](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%98%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%DB%95%D9%86_%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8E_%D8%AF%D9%88_%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%85%DB%8E%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C)
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- [Julien Offray de La Mettrie](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien_Offray_de_La_Mettrie)
- [Ζυλιέν Οφρέ ντε Λα Μετρί](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%96%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%AD%CE%BD_%CE%9F%CF%86%CF%81%CE%AD_%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B5_%CE%9B%CE%B1_%CE%9C%CE%B5%CF%84%CF%81%CE%AF)
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- [Julien Offroy de La Mettrie](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien_Offroy_de_La_Mettrie)
- [ژولین اوفره دو لا متری](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%98%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%87_%D8%AF%D9%88_%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C)
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- [Julien Offray de La Mettrie](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien_Offray_de_La_Mettrie)
- [Ժյուլիեն Օֆրե դը Լամետրի](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BA%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%A5%D5%B6_%D5%95%D6%86%D6%80%D5%A5_%D5%A4%D5%A8_%D4%BC%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A5%D5%BF%D6%80%D5%AB)
- [ジュリアン・オフレ・ド・ラ・メトリー](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC)
- [Жюльен Офре Де Ламетри](https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D1%8E%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%9E%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B5_%D0%94%D0%B5_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8)
- [쥘리앵 오프루아 드 라 메트리](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A5%98%EB%A6%AC%EC%95%B5_%EC%98%A4%ED%94%84%EB%A3%A8%EC%95%84_%EB%93%9C_%EB%9D%BC_%EB%A9%94%ED%8A%B8%EB%A6%AC)
- [Wikiquote](https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Julien_Offray_de_La_Mettrie)
- [Wikiquote](https://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Julien_Offray_de_La_Mettrie)
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