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→Additional encyclopedia biography of Paul-Henri Thiry
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>}}
== Paul-Henri Thiry's dinner parties ==
[[File:Baron2.jpg|thumb|alt=atheism|center|180px|[[Paul-Henri Thiry]] was an early advocate of [[atheism]] in [[Europe]].
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According to the ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', Thiry "used his great wealth to throw the dinner parties for which he is famous."<ref>[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/holbach/ Paul-Henri Thiry] - ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy''</ref>]]
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== Système de la nature online (English translation) ==
== Système de la nature online (English translation) ==