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|birth_date=December 8, 1723

|birth_date=December 8, 1723

|birth_place=Edesheim, Rhineland-Palatinate

|birth_place=Edesheim, [[Rhineland-Palatinate]]

|death_date=January 21, 1789 (aged 65)

|death_date=January 21, 1789  

|death_place=Paris, France

|death_place=[[Paris]], France

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'''Paul-Henri Thiry''', Baron d'Holbach (8 December 1723 - 21 January 1789) was a [[France|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>[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/holbach/ Paul-Henri Thiry] - ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy''</ref>  

'''Paul-Henri Thiry''', Baron d'Holbach (December 8, 1723 - January 21, 1789) was a [[France|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>[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/holbach/ Paul-Henri Thiry] - ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy''</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 Jean-Baptiste de Mirabaud (a former secretary of the Académie française who had died about ten years previously).  

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 Jean-Baptiste de Mirabaud (a former secretary of the Académie française who had died about ten years previously).