Good Sense
baron d' Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry
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Baron d'Holbach's Good Sense, subtitled Freethoughts Opposed to Supernatural Ideas, is an English translation of his French Le Bon Sens. The undated translation names no translator, and a Bacon epigraph sets its theme: atheism leaves men to sense, philosophy and laws, while superstition erects an absolute monarchy in men's minds.
Contents ask what theology is, whether man is born with religious ideas, whether belief in God is necessary, and whether all religion is absurdity. Holbach argues plainly and polemically, in short chapters meant to be read and passed on. Readers interested in Enlightenment freethought will find Good Sense one of its bluntest, most readable statements.
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| CREATOR | baron d' Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry |
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| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 358 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |