Positive Atheism : : Bayle, Meslier, d’Holbach, Diderot / / Charles Devellennes.
Examines the evolution of the positive nature of atheism as a political philosophy in French Enlightenment thinkersWritten from the perspective of atheists – or those sympathetic to atheism – as opposed to the perspective of theologiansExplores the larger context of the history of atheism: where neg...
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Devellennes, Charles, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Positive Atheism : Bayle, Meslier, d’Holbach, Diderot / Charles Devellennes. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022] ©2021 1 online resource (240 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: The Birth of Positive Atheism -- 1. Bayle and Virtuous Atheism -- 2. Meslier the First Atheist -- 3. D’Holbach’s Systematic Materialist Ontology -- 4. Diderot the Metatheist -- 5. The State of Atheism in France, 1789 -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Examines the evolution of the positive nature of atheism as a political philosophy in French Enlightenment thinkersWritten from the perspective of atheists – or those sympathetic to atheism – as opposed to the perspective of theologiansExplores the larger context of the history of atheism: where negative atheism gave way to positive atheism, and where positive atheism eventually made room for metatheism – exemplified in the writing of DiderotShows the profound consequences of atheism for political thought in its various defences of republicanismAdds new dimensions to our understanding of the contribution of Bayle, Meslier, d’Holbach and Diderot to the history of ideasCharles Devellennes looks at the the religious, social and political thought of the first four thinkers of the French Enlightenment: Pierre Bayle, Jean Meslier, Paul-Henri Thiry d’Holbach and Denis Diderot to explicitly argue for atheism as a positive philosophy. Atheism evolved considerably over the century that spans the works of these four authors: from the possibility of the virtuous atheist in the late 17th century, to a deeply rooted materialist philosophy with radical social and political consequences by the eve of the French revolution. The metamorphosis of atheism from a purely negative phenomenon to one that became self-aware had profound consequences for establishing an ethics without God and the rise of republicanism as a political philosophy. Culminating in the work of Diderot, atheism became increasingly critical of its own position. By the late 18th century, it had already proposed to move past its positive formulation into a form of metatheism. Diderot, who sees atheism as both a critical tool to assess religious, social and political institutions and as an object of his own critique, foreshadows the rise of a post-Enlightenment conception of atheism. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022) Philosophy. PHILOSOPHY / Political. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English 9783110754001 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 9783110753776 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Philosophy 2021 English 9783110754155 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Philosophy 2021 9783110753929 ZDB-23-DPH Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021 9783110780406 print 9781474478434 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474478465 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474478465 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781474478465/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: The Birth of Positive Atheism -- 1. Bayle and Virtuous Atheism -- 2. Meslier the First Atheist -- 3. D’Holbach’s Systematic Materialist Ontology -- 4. Diderot the Metatheist -- 5. The State of Atheism in France, 1789 -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: The Birth of Positive Atheism -- 1. Bayle and Virtuous Atheism -- 2. Meslier the First Atheist -- 3. D’Holbach’s Systematic Materialist Ontology -- 4. Diderot the Metatheist -- 5. The State of Atheism in France, 1789 -- Bibliography -- Index |
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