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D'Holbach taught that most of man's woes stemmed from religion. "Ignorance and fear, " he claimed, "are the two hinges of all religion." He taught that morals were quite possible without religion: "Let … reason be cultivated … and there will be no need of opposing to the passions such a feeble barrier as the fear of the gods." D'Holbach, a provocative, freethinking iconoclast, died in January 1789.<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/baron-dholbach Baron d'Holbach]</ref>}}
 
D'Holbach taught that most of man's woes stemmed from religion. "Ignorance and fear, " he claimed, "are the two hinges of all religion." He taught that morals were quite possible without religion: "Let … reason be cultivated … and there will be no need of opposing to the passions such a feeble barrier as the fear of the gods." D'Holbach, a provocative, freethinking iconoclast, died in January 1789.<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/baron-dholbach Baron d'Holbach]</ref>}}
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==  Système de la nature online books (English translaations) ==
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==  Système de la nature online book (English translaation) ==
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*Project Gutenberg: The System of Nature, [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8909 Volume 1] and [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8910 Volume 2]
    
*[http://www.philosophy-index.com/d-holbach/system-nature/ Système de la nature (The System of Nature)]
 
*[http://www.philosophy-index.com/d-holbach/system-nature/ Système de la nature (The System of Nature)]
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* [http://www.ftarchives.net/holbach/system/0syscontents.htm The System of Nature--English translation]
    
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