Project Gutenberg 2005-09-01 Public domain in the USA. 150 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 2 Reading ease score: 32.6 (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 2" translated from the original French by M. de Mirabaud is a philosophical examination written in the late 18th century. This work delves into the interplay between human understanding, morality, and the natural world, exploring the existence and attributes of divinity through a critical lens. It discusses how human beings have historically constructed notions of the divine based on their experiences and fears, ultimately questioning established religious beliefs and advocating for a more naturalistic understanding of existence. The opening of this volume introduces the concept that human perceptions of divinity arise largely from fear, ignorance, and misinterpretations of natural phenomena. The text argues that early ideas about gods were shaped by the need to explain the unknown through fear of the natural world's disasters and the many evils of existence that humans encounter. It suggests that these notions have evolved over time, often leading to a confusing amalgamation of beliefs. The author emphasizes the importance of understanding natural laws and experiences as fundamental to human existence, heralding a shift away from traditional theological paradigms towards a rational, empirical approach to nature and morality. (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 948440 948441 2024-10-04T09:15:19.133436 2023-10-04T08:33:02.506983 text/html text/html 950583 2013-06-08T03:24:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 315453 2013-06-08T03:25:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 430631 2024-10-04T09:15:30.695904 application/epub+zip 442761 2024-10-04T09:15:23.486442 application/epub+zip 393165 2024-10-04T09:15:21.874433 application/epub+zip 826390 2024-10-04T09:15:36.665987 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 783130 2024-10-04T09:15:29.688894 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 563912 2022-09-04T12:30:06.327394 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 859491 859383 2024-10-04T09:15:18.470443 2023-10-04T08:33:01.940981 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 859226 2013-06-08T03:25:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 305378 2013-06-08T03:25:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 859217 2013-06-08T03:24:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 305356 2013-06-08T03:25:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22379 2024-10-04T09:15:36.797846 application/rdf+xml 25806 2024-10-04T09:15:22.449419 image/jpeg 4750 2024-10-04T09:15:22.159425 image/jpeg 419652 2024-10-04T09:15:19.208465 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