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[[File:Baron2.jpg|175px|thumbnail|right|Paul-Henri Thiry]]

[[File:Baron2.jpg|175px|thumbnail|right|Paul-Henri Thiry]]

'''Paul-Henri Thiry''', Baron d'Holbach (1723–89) was a French [[philosophy|philosopher]] during the [[Enlightenment]]. He was an author, and one of the [[Encyclopedists]] (French Encyclopédie) who advocated [[naturalism|naturalistic]] and [[materialism|materialistic]] ideas.<ref name="bartleby">Columbia Encyclopedia: [http://www.bartleby.com/65/ho/Holbach.html Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d’]</ref>  His most well known work was ''Système de la nature'' (''The System of Nature'') published in 1770, which was first published under the name of Mirabaud. <ref name="bartleby"/>  

'''Paul-Henri Thiry''', Baron d'Holbach (1723–89) was a French [[philosophy|philosopher]] during the [[Enlightenment]]. He was an author, and one of the [[Encyclopedists]] (French Encyclopédie) who advocated [[naturalism|naturalistic]] and [[materialism|materialistic]] ideas.<ref name="bartleby">Columbia Encyclopedia: [http://www.bartleby.com/65/ho/Holbach.html Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d’]</ref>   

 

His most well known work was ''Système de la nature'' (''The System of Nature'') published in 1770, which was first published under the name of Mirabaud. <ref name="bartleby"/>  

Thiry was an opponent of Christianity and religion.<ref name="bartleby"/> He was also an early advocate of [[atheism]] in Europe.

Thiry was an opponent of Christianity and religion.<ref name="bartleby"/> He was also an early advocate of [[atheism]] in Europe.