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Claude Adrien Helvetius Quotes on Nature

Claude Adrien Helvetius was a French Enlightenment philosopher, tax-farmer, and patron of the philosophes. This page collects quotes attributed to Claude Adrien Helvetius on the topic of nature, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Claude Adrien Helvetius:

    “Education makes us what we are.”

  • Attributed to Claude Adrien Helvetius:

    “Self-interest is the spring of every action.”

  • Attributed to Claude Adrien Helvetius:

    “The variations among men are not natural, but the result of education.”

  • Attributed to Claude Adrien Helvetius:

    “All knowledge comes from sensation.”