La Contagion sacrée
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La Contagion sacrée is an 18th-century philosophical critique of religion by Baron d'Holbach that attacks superstition and the social and moral harms of organized faith.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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critique of religion → philosophical work → |
| advocates |
critique of superstition
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reason → secular morality → |
| associatedWith |
anti-clericalism
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critique of Christianity → |
| author |
Baron d'Holbach
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Paul-Henri Thiry d'Holbach → |
| countryOfOrigin |
France
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| criticizes |
moral corruption caused by religion
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organized religion → political influence of religion → priesthood → religious authority → social power of churches → superstition → |
| era |
Age of Enlightenment
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| genre |
Enlightenment philosophy
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| historicalContext |
European Enlightenment
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| influencedBy |
Enlightenment rationalism
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French materialism → |
| intendedAudience |
educated lay readers
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freethinkers → |
| literaryForm |
prose
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| mainSubject |
morality
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organized religion → religion → superstition → |
| movement |
French Enlightenment
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| notableFor |
argument for secular ethics
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attack on religious superstition → radical critique of religion → |
| originalLanguage |
French
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| philosophicalTheme |
freedom of thought
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relationship between religion and morality → social effects of religion → |
| philosophicalTradition |
atheist philosophy
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materialism → |
| publicationCentury |
18th century
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| workOf |
Baron d'Holbach
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| workType |
polemical treatise
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Baron d'Holbach
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notableWork |