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0.1 Félix Lecomte, Portrait of Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d’Holbach, 1789, terracotta. The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersbourg XVIII

10.1 Jean Baptiste Oudry, “Bitch Hound Nurning Her Pups”, or “Lice Feeding Her Pups”, 1752, oil on canvas (103 × 131 cm). Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris © Sylvie Durand 179

13.1 “Les Gardes françaises sauvant Mr. Du Châtelet, leur colonel, de l’effervescence populaire. Le 12 juillet 1789”. Prieur inv. & del.; Berthault sculp. Etching (18 × 23,5 cm). Bibliothèque Nationale de France, FRBNF44542710 236

13.2 Bibliothèque Mazarine, Manuscript 1168. Photo Bibliothèque Mazarine, Paris 245

13.3 Bibliothèque Mazarine, Manuscript 1183. Photo Bibliothèque Mazarine, Paris 245

13.4 Copy of the Recherches sur la nature du feu de l’enfer, et du lieu où il est situé, Amsterdam, 1728, in-8°. Bibliothèque de l’École nationale des ponts et chaussées, shelf mark 8–8189 246

13.5 Voltaire, Dictionnaire philosophique. Personal copy of Louis-Marie-Florent Du Châtelet. Bibliothèque du Château de Voltaire à Ferney-Voltaire. Photo Andrew Brown 247

14.1 Copy of the Yiddish translation of Le Bon sens (Gloyben un vernunft), 1907, Taylor Institution Library, Oxford 270

16.1 Nikolaj Dmitrevskij, Engraving of d’Holbach’s portrait for the Soviet edition of d’Holbach’s Selected Anti-religious Writings (1934). National Library of Russia 322

16.2 Dmitry Moor, Illustration for the entry “Father” in the Russian edition of the Théologie portative (1930). National Library of Russia 323

16.3 Dmitry Moor, Illustration for the entry “Trinity” in the Russian edition of the Théologie portative (1930). National Library of Russia 324

16.4 Dmitry Moor, Illustration for the entry “Upbringing” in the Russian edition of the Théologie portative (1930). National Library of Russia 325

16.5 Dmitry Moor, Illustration for the final page of the Russian edition of the Théologie portative (1930). “This is what God the Lord says”. National Library of Russia 326

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The Great Protector of Wits

Baron d'Holbach and His Time

Series:  Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, Volume: 339
Cover The Great Protector of Wits
E-Book ISBN:
9789004516847
Publisher:
Brill
Print Publication Date:
26 May 2022
  • Subjects
    • History
      • Intellectual History
    • Literature and Cultural Studies
      • Cultural History
      • French & Francophone
    • Philosophy
      • Early Modern Philosophy
      • Epistemology & Metaphysics
Front Matter
Preliminary Material
Copyright page
Acknowledgements
Illustrations
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Part 1 Holbach: Philosopher and Philosophe
1 Holbach’s Skepticism
2 The Concept of Natural Order in the Système de la Nature
3 An Empire of Lies: Holbach on Vanity and Philosophy
Part 2 Holbach: Strategist of the Enlightenment
4 Holbach traducteur, stratège et philosophe
5 The Role of Prophecies: Baron D’Holbach as a Translator of Anthony Collins
6 D’Holbach and the “Spirit of Judaism”
7 The Absent Guest: D’Holbach’s Strategic Use of Voltaire’s Texts
Part 3 Holbach: Encyclopédiste
8 La critique religieuse du baron d’Holbach dans l’Encyclopédie : une approche méthodique
9 L’autre d’Holbach : l’encyclopédiste traducteur de chimie et d’histoire naturelle
Part 4 Holbach and His Time
10 How Many Atheists at D’Holbach’s Table?
11 D’Holbach et Diderot : une amitié plus que philosophique
12 Voltaire contre la coterie holbachique
13 D’Holbach, les cercles holbachiques et la circulation de la littérature philosophique clandestine
14 Who Are D’Holbach’s Readers?
Part 5 Holbach and Revolutionary Consciousnesses
15 D’Holbach’s Political and Social Thought: The Democratic “Revolution” in Western Values Prior to 1789
16 D’Holbach’s Legacy in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union
Back Matter
Index Nominum

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