| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Shelley may also have been influenced by the 18th century French philosopher Julien Offray de La Mettrie, who believed the human body was a machine, with no soul ??? La Mettrie speculated that a craftsman could create a mechanical man that could have human traits, which La Mettrie called ???a new Prometheus,??? the same phrase Shelley uses for Frankenstein???s creation.
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