I have observed, indeed, generally, that while in protestant countries the defections from the Platonic Christianity of the priests is to Deism, in catholic countries they are to Atheism. Diderot, D'Alembert, D’Holbach, Condorcet, are known to have been among the most virtuous of men. Their virtue, then, must have had some other foundation than the love of God.

[Letter to Thomas Law, 13 June 1814]

Thomas Jefferson

Mots clés atheism baron-d-holbach condorcet d-alembert d-holbach deism denis-diderot diderot jean-le-rond-d-alembert marquis-de-condorcet paul-henri-d-holbach platonic platonic-christianity protestant

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Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.

Denis Diderot

Mots clés diderot

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