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245 04 a| The great protector of witsh| [electronic resource] :b| Baron D'Holbach and his time /c| edited by Laura Nicolì.;

260 a| Leiden ;a| Boston :b| Brill,c| [2022];

300 a| xviii, 341 pages :b| chiefly color illustrations ;c| 25 cm.;

490 0 a| Brill's studies in intellectual history,x| 0920-8607 ;v| volume 339;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 2 a| Holbach's Skepticism / Alan Charles Kors -- L'autre d'Holbach : l'encyclopédiste traducteur de chimie et d'histoire naturelle / Mélanie Éphrème -- D'Holbach's Legacy in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union / Iryna Mykhailova.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "Gathering together generations of scholars, The Great Protector of Wits provides a new assessment of baron d'Holbach (1723-1789) and his circle. A challenging figure of the European Enlightenment, Paul-Henri Thiry d'Holbach not only was a radically materialistic philosopher, a champion of anticlericalism, the author of the Système de la nature known as "the Bible of atheists", an idéologue, a popularizer of the natural sciences and a prolific contributor to the Encyclopédie, but also played a crucial role as an organizer of intellectual networks, a master of disseminating clandestine literature and a consummate strategist in authorial fictions. In this collective volume, for the first time, all these different threads of d'Holbach's "philosophy in action" are considered and analyzed in their interconnection. Contributors include: Jacopo Agnesina, Nicholas Cronk, Mélanie Éphrème, Enrico Galvagni, Jonathan Israel, Alan Charles Kors, Mladen Kozul, Brunello Lotti, Emilio Mazza, Gianluca Mori, Iryna Mykhailova, Gianni Paganini, Paolo Quintili, Alain Sandrier, Ruggero Sciuto, Maria Susana Seguin, and Gerhardt Stenger"--c| Provided by publisher.;

538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

546 a| English and French.;

600 10 a| Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry,c| baron d',d| 1723-1789.=| ^A29437;

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700 1 a| Nicolì, Laura,d| 1985-?| UNAUTHORIZED;

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The great protector of wits Baron D'Holbach and his time / edited by Laura Nicolì.

Other author	Nicolì, Laura, 1985-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]
Description	xviii, 341 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d', 1723-1789.

Series	Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; volume 339
Partial contents	Holbach's Skepticism / Alan Charles Kors -- L'autre d'Holbach : l'encyclopédiste traducteur de chimie et d'histoire naturelle / Mélanie Éphrème -- D'Holbach's Legacy in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union / Iryna Mykhailova.
Abstract	"Gathering together generations of scholars, The Great Protector of Wits provides a new assessment of baron d'Holbach (1723-1789) and his circle. A challenging figure of the European Enlightenment, Paul-Henri Thiry d'Holbach not only was a radically materialistic philosopher, a champion of anticlericalism, the author of the Système de la nature known as "the Bible of atheists", an idéologue, a popularizer of the natural sciences and a prolific contributor to the Encyclopédie, but also played a crucial role as an organizer of intellectual networks, a master of disseminating clandestine literature and a consummate strategist in authorial fictions. In this collective volume, for the first time, all these different threads of d'Holbach's "philosophy in action" are considered and analyzed in their interconnection. Contributors include: Jacopo Agnesina, Nicholas Cronk, Mélanie Éphrème, Enrico Galvagni, Jonathan Israel, Alan Charles Kors, Mladen Kozul, Brunello Lotti, Emilio Mazza, Gianluca Mori, Iryna Mykhailova, Gianni Paganini, Paolo Quintili, Alain Sandrier, Ruggero Sciuto, Maria Susana Seguin, and Gerhardt Stenger"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Language	English and French.
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2022012133
ISBN	9789004435780 (hardback)
ISBN	(ebook)

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