See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

BARON See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

PAUL HEINRICH See also:

• DIETRICH, CHRISTIAN WILHELM ERNST (1712-1774)

DIETRICH See also:

• BARON PAUL HEINRICH DIETRICH HOLBACH

HOLBACH  D' (1723–1789), See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French philosopher and See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of letters, of See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German origin, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Heidelshe'minthe See also:

• PALATINATE (Ger. Pfalz)

palatinate in 1723 . Of his See also:

• FAMILY

family little is known; according to J . J . See also:

• ROUSSEAU, JACQUES (1633-1693)
• ROUSSEAU, JEAN BAPTISTE (1671-1741)
• ROUSSEAU, JEAN JACQUES (1712-1778)
• ROUSSEAU, PIERRE ETIENNE THEODORE (1812–1867); French painter of the Barbizon school, was born in Paris on the 15th of April 1812, of a bourgeois family which included one or two artists. At first he received a business training, but soon displayed aptitu

Rousseau his See also:

• FATHER

father was a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich parvenu, who brought his son at an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, where the latter spent most of his See also:

• LIFE

life . Much of See also:

• HOLBACH, PAUL HEINRICH DIETRICH, BARON

Holbach's fame is due to his intimate connexion with the brilliant coterie of bold thinkers and polished wits whose creed, the new See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy, is concentrated in the famous Encyclopedia . Possessed of easy means and being of hospitable disposition, he kept open See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house for Helvetius, D'See also:

• ALEMBERT, JEAN LE ROND

Alembert, See also:

• DIDEROT, DENIS (1713-1784)

Diderot, See also:

• CONDILLAC, ETIENNE BONNOT DE (1715—178o)

Condillac, See also:

• TURGOT, ANNE ROBERT JACQUES, BARON DE

Turgot, See also:

• BUFFON, GEORGE LOUIS LECLERC, COMTE DE (1707-1788)

Buffon, See also:

• GRIMM, FRIEDRICH MELCHIOR, I
• GRIMM, JACOB LUDWIG CARL (1785-1863)
• GRIMM, WILHELM CARL (1786-1859)

Grimm, See also:

• HUME, ALEXANDER (c. 1557-1609)
• HUME, DAVID (1711-1776)
• HUME, JOSEPH (1777-1855)

Hume, See also:

• GARRICK, DAVID (1717-1779)

Garrick, Wilkes, See also:

• STERNE, LAURENCE (1713-1768)
• STERNE, RICHARD (c. 15gb-1683)

Sterne, and for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time J . J . Rousseau, guests who, while enjoying the intellectual See also:

• PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure of their See also:

• HOST

host's conversation, were not insensible to his excellent cuisine and costly wines . For the Encyclopedia he compiled and translated a large number of articles on See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry and See also:

• MINERALOGY

mineralogy, chiefly from German See also:

• SOURCES

sources . He attracted more See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention, however, in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of philosophy . In 1767 Christianisme devoile appeared, in which he attacked See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity and See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion as the source of all human evils . This was followed up by other See also:

• WORKS

works, and in 1770 by a still more open attack in his most famous See also:

• BOOK

book, Le Systeme de la nature, in which it Holbach is also the author of the following and other works: Esprit du clerge (1767); De l'imposture sacerdolale (1767); Preetres demasques (1768) ; Examen critique de la See also:

• VIE

vie et See also:

• DES

des ouvrages de St See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul (1770) ; Histoire critique de Jesus-See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ (1770), and Ethocratie (1776) .

For further particulars as to his life and doctrines see Grimm's Correspondance litteraire, &c . (1813); Rousseau's Confessions; See also:

• MORELLET, ANDRE (1727-1819)

Morellet's Memoires (x.821); Madame de See also:

• GENLIS

Genlis, See also:

• LES

Les Diners du See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron Holbach; Madame d'See also:

• EPINAY, LOUISE FLORENCE PETRONILLE TARDIEU

Epinay's Memoires; Avezac-Lavigne, Diderot et la societe du Baron d'Holbach 0875), and See also:

• MORLEY
• MORLEY [oP BLACKBURN], JOHN MORLEY
• MORLEY, BARONS AND EARLS OF
• MORLEY, GEORGE (1597-1684)
• MORLEY, HENRY (1822-1894)
• MORLEY, SAMUEL (18o9–1886)

Morley's Diderot (1878) .