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D'Holbach's Coterie: An Enlightenment in Paris
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
D'Holbach's Coterie: An Enlightenment in Paris
Contributors:
By (Author) Alan Charles Kors
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Western philosophy: Enlightenment
Agnosticism and atheism
Social and cultural history
Dewey:
305.552
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
374
Dimensions:
Width 178mm, Height 254mm
Weight:
851g
Description
Students of the Enlightenment have long assumed that the major movement towards atheism in the Ancien Regime was centered in the circle of intellectuals who met at the home of Baron d'Holbach during the last half of the eighteenth century. This major critical study shows, contrary to the accepted views, that in fact, atheism was not the common bond
