Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach, was a French-German author, philosopher, encyclopedist and prominent figure in the French Enlightenment. He was born Paul Heinrich Dietrich in Edesheim, near Landau in the Rhenish Palatinate, but lived and worked mainly in Paris, where he kept a salon.

Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach, was a French-German author, philosopher, encyclopedist and prominent figure in the French Enlightenment. He was born Paul Heinrich Dietrich in Edesheim, near Landau in the Rhenish Palatinate, but lived and worked mainly in Paris, where he kept a salon.

Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach, was a French-German author, philosopher, encyclopedist and prominent figure in the French Enlightenment. He was born Paul Heinrich Dietrich in Edesheim, near Landau in the Rhenish Palatinate, but lived and worked mainly in Paris, where he kept a salon.

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This book is an appeal against religious prejudices, especially that of a Christian nature, from the perspective of an atheist—the author, Baron d'Holbach. He was a French-German philosopher, encyclopedist, writer, and prominent figure in the French Enlightenment. He has written many books of a similar nature as this one, the most famous of them being 'The System of Nature' and 'The Universal Morality'.

Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach, was a French-German author, philosopher, encyclopedist and prominent figure in the French Enlightenment.

Excerpt from Anglican Prejudices Against the Catholic Church Scrope, who was accused of recusancy be cause, ih the East Riding of Yorkshire, he had only imprisoned and tortured sixteen hundred and seventy Catholics. He knows as little of the reli gious ideas and religious motives of two hundred millions of his fellow-christians as if they lived in the moon. He forgets that the forefathers of whom he is so proud - the brave Saxons and Normans, good King Alfred, brave Richard Coeur de Lion, upright Sir Thomas More, and all the rest of his heroes - were of the old Faith. Can any good come out of Nazareth? With the feeling which characterises John Bull all over the world, he believes he is right and every one else wrong. It is hopeless to argue against such prejudice and one-sidedness. But as the effect of early teaching for a long time blinded my own eyes to simple facts, I am going now to enumerate these untruths one by one, and show you how they were disproved to my own satisfaction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.