Baron d'Holbach

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Enlightenment thinker atheist human materialist philosopher salon host writer

Baron d'Holbach was an 18th-century French-German philosopher and prominent atheist known for his materialist and anti-religious writings that helped shape Enlightenment thought.

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Baron d’Holbach 6
Paul-Henri Thiry d'Holbach 2
Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Enlightenment thinker ⓘ
atheist ⓘ
human ⓘ
materialist ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
salon host ⓘ
writer ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Paul-Henri Thiry ⓘ
surface form: Paul-Henri Dietrich

Baron d'Holbach ⓘ
surface form: Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach
associatedWith Encyclopédie ⓘ
birthName Paul-Henri Thiry ⓘ
burialPlace Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
collaboratedWith Denis Diderot ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1723-12-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1789-01-21 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin German ⓘ
hosted Parisian philosophical salon ⓘ
influenced Helvétius ⓘ
surface form: Claude Adrien Helvétius

Denis Diderot ⓘ
French Revolution thinkers ⓘ
later secular humanists ⓘ
influencedBy Baruch Spinoza ⓘ
Denis Diderot ⓘ
John Locke ⓘ
Pierre Bayle ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
mainInterest ethics ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
movement French Enlightenment ⓘ
surface form: Enlightenment
notableIdea mechanistic determinism ⓘ
radical atheism ⓘ
reduction of mind to matter ⓘ
religion as superstition ⓘ
notableWork Christianisme dévoilé ⓘ
La Contagion sacrée ⓘ
Le Bon Sens ⓘ
Système de la nature ⓘ
philosophicalSchool atheism ⓘ
determinism ⓘ
materialism ⓘ
naturalism ⓘ
placeOfBirth Edesheim, Electoral Palatinate ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
placeOfDeath Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
positionHeld Baron of Heeze, Leende and Zesgehuchten ⓘ
residence Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France

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Baron d'Holbach → alsoKnownAs → Baron d'Holbach ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach
Christianisme dévoilé → author → Baron d'Holbach ⓘ
La Contagion sacrée → author → Baron d'Holbach ⓘ
La Contagion sacrée → author → Baron d'Holbach ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paul-Henri Thiry d'Holbach
Le Bon Sens → author → Baron d'Holbach ⓘ
Le Bon Sens → author → Baron d'Holbach ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paul-Henri Thiry d'Holbach
Système de la nature → author → Baron d'Holbach ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d’Holbach
Système de la nature → authorName → Baron d'Holbach ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baron d’Holbach
this entity surface form: Baron d’Holbach
Enlightenment encyclopedism → hasKeyFigure → Baron d'Holbach ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baron d’Holbach
French Enlightenment → hasMainProponent → Baron d'Holbach ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baron d’Holbach
Age of Enlightenment → majorFigure → Baron d'Holbach ⓘ
Encyclopédie → notableContributor → Baron d'Holbach ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baron d’Holbach
this entity surface form: Baron d’Holbach
Christianisme dévoilé → workOf → Baron d'Holbach ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach
La Contagion sacrée → workOf → Baron d'Holbach ⓘ