Helvetius

The other day "Helvetius" was found in Mr. Howell's pantry, forsooth!

The Wolves and the Lamb William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

"Helvetius" (who, I suppose, was a Roman general), I really can't understand how -- Dear, dear! what airs these persons give themselves!

The Wolves and the Lamb William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

This happy vacuity of all employment appeared to me so delicious, that it became the primary hint, which, according to the system of Helvetius, as the minister says, determined my infant talents towards the profession I was destined to illustrate.

The Monastery 2008

It is a little extraordinary that we should have harassed an innocent, estimable man of our time, the good Helvetius, for having said that if men had not hands, they could not build houses and work tapestry.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

All general rules and precepts fail, because they proceed from the false assumption that men are constituted wholly, or almost wholly, alike; an assumption which the philosophy of Helvetius expressly makes.

On Human Nature 2004

(And this is, be it observed by way of parenthesis, the explanation of that sure and certain instinct which, according to Helvetius, ordinary folk possess of discerning people of genius, and of getting out of their way.)

Religion 2004

This accounts for, by the way, that instinct stir et prompt which, according to Helvetius, ordinary people have of recognising people of genius and of running away from them.

Essays of Schopenhauer 2004

Helvetius was a famous French philosopher and Mason, and her estate adjoined the estate where he -- where Franklin lived outside of Paris.

Franklin: The Essential Founding Father 2002

Ann Catherine -- last name is -- it's like Helvetius or ...

Franklin: The Essential Founding Father 2002

Helvetius, a French friend of Franklin's threw herself upon a settee where she showed more than her feet.

America's First Dynasty Richard Brookhiser 2002