Project Gutenberg 2011-11-22 Public domain in the USA. 92 Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d' 1723 1789 D'Holbach, Baron Middleton, Anthony C. Letters To Eugenia; Or, A Preservative Against Religious Prejudices Produced by David Widger "Letters to Eugenia; Or, A Preservative Against Religious Prejudices" by Holbach is a philosophical treatise written in the late 18th century. This work takes the form of a series of letters addressed to a woman named Eugenia, wherein the author seeks to liberate her from the shackles of religious dogma, arguing instead for the use of reason and philosophy as the basis for morality and understanding of the divine. At the start of the book, the correspondence begins with Eugenia expressing her distress over religious fears and anxieties that overshadow her otherwise luxurious life. Her friend, the author, responds with compassion and commitment to draw her away from superstition and towards enlightenment. He emphasizes the dangers of religious prejudice, attributing her turmoil to the harmful effects of false beliefs instilled during her education. He urges her to rely on her own understanding and reason, signaling the book's overarching goal: to provide enlightenment and foster a moral philosophy rooted in human experience rather than religious tradition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Christianity -- Controversial literature BL Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 518780 518789 2024-09-16T06:41:28.792538 2023-09-16T12:53:00.211139 text/html text/html 509942 2013-01-29T09:06:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 170195 2013-01-29T09:06:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 250271 2024-09-16T06:41:36.069453 application/epub+zip 256528 2024-09-16T06:41:31.494502 application/epub+zip 240627 2024-09-16T06:41:30.514598 application/epub+zip 548789 2024-09-16T06:41:39.878448 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 521120 2024-09-16T06:41:35.375593 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 327691 2022-09-17T11:54:32.121768 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 465035 465028 2024-09-16T06:41:28.354657 2023-09-16T12:52:59.823142 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 464682 2011-11-22T14:03:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 164760 2011-11-22T14:03:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 464676 2011-11-22T14:03:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 164712 2011-11-22T14:03:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20146 2024-09-16T06:41:40.020428 application/rdf+xml 24706 2024-09-16T06:41:30.871492 image/jpeg 4641 2024-09-16T06:41:30.694526 image/jpeg 246909 2024-09-16T06:41:28.835628 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia