Project Gutenberg 2005-09-01 Public domain in the USA. 1044 Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d' 1723 1789 D'Holbach, Baron The System of Nature, or, the Laws of the Moral and Physical World. Volume 1 Reading ease score: 32.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. Text file produced by Freethought Archives and Distributed Proofreaders HTML file produced by David Widger "The System of Nature, or, the Laws of the Moral and Physical World. Volume 1" by Paul Henri Thiery (Baron d'Holbach) is a significant philosophical treatise written in the late 18th century. This publication stands as a foundational text in the discourse of atheistic materialism, presenting a systematic view of nature, morality, and human existence, emphasizing the inextricable connection between man and the natural world while advocating for a rational understanding that negates the existence of the supernatural. The opening of this work introduces Holbach's core beliefs regarding nature and humanity’s place within it. He argues that all beings are products of nature, subject to its immutable laws. Holbach contrasts the simplistic understandings of human existence shaped by mythology with a more profound comprehension drawn from observation and experience. He critiques humanity’s tendency to embrace irrational beliefs and calls for a return to reason, empirical inquiry, and the study of nature as the rightful basis for morality and happiness. Essential themes include the rejection of external deities and the importance of understanding human desires and actions through the lens of natural law rather than theological or mythical narratives. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Philosophy and religion Psychology Materialism B Text Atheism Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 835164 835165 2024-10-04T09:15:01.745565 2023-10-04T08:32:48.881877 text/html text/html 839044 2013-06-07T15:19:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 269311 2013-06-07T15:20:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 381910 2024-10-04T09:15:12.549501 application/epub+zip 393270 2024-10-04T09:15:05.979554 application/epub+zip 344338 2024-10-04T09:15:04.473544 application/epub+zip 760081 2024-10-04T09:15:17.965462 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 715043 2024-10-04T09:15:11.556480 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 495978 2022-09-04T12:29:44.996214 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 750471 750363 2024-10-04T09:15:00.903575 2023-10-04T08:32:48.247852 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 750183 2013-06-07T15:20:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 260016 2013-06-07T15:20:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 750174 2013-06-07T15:20:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 259991 2013-06-07T15:20:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22323 2024-10-04T09:15:18.111446 application/rdf+xml 25759 2024-10-04T09:15:05.048551 image/jpeg 4743 2024-10-04T09:15:04.760521 image/jpeg 372437 2024-10-04T09:15:01.812569 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