D'Holbach's Coterie: An Enlightenment in Paris

by Alan Charles Kors

Book Overview

Students of the Enlightenment have long assumed that the major movement towards atheism in the Ancien R gime 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 of a majority of the members and that, far from being alienated figures, most of the members were...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691617244
• ISBN13: 9780691617244
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"