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Helvétius in American English
Claude Adriˈ en (kloʊdadʀiˈɛ̃) 1715-71; Fr. philosopher

Helvétius in British English
noun: Claude Adrien (klod adriɛ̃ ). 1715–71, French philosopher. In his chief work De l'Esprit (1758), he asserted that the mainspring of human action is self-interest and that differences in human intellects are due only to differences in education

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