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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>}}

== Paul-Henri Thiry's dinner parties ==

== 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]].  

[[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>]]

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>

See also: [[Atheism and obesity]] ]]

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