Paul Henri Thiery

The System of Nature (eBook, PDF)

Volume 2

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1984. Paul Henri Thiery, Baron d'Holbach (1723-1789), was the center of the radical wing of the philosophers, best known for The System of Nature (1770) and deservedly, since it is a clear exposition of his main ideas. This is the second of three volumes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000693577
• Artikelnr.: 58391706

Autorenporträt

Paul Henri Thiery

Inhaltsangabe

Part I (contd): Laws of Nature.
Of man.
The faculties of the soul.
Doctrine of immortality.
On happiness. Chapter 15: Of man's true interest, or of the ideas he forms to himself of happiness.
Man cannot be happy without virtue. Chapter 16: The errors of man.
Upon what constitutes happiness.
The true source of his evils.
Remedies that may be applied. Chapter 17: Those ideas which are true, or founded upon Nature, are the only remedies for the evil of man.
Recapitulation.
Conclusion of the First Part. Part II: On the Divinity.
Proofs of his existence.
Of his attributes.
Of his influence over the happiness of man. Chapter 1: The origin of man's ideas upon the Divinity. Chapter 2: Of mythology.
Of theology. Chapter 3: Of the confused and contradictory ideas of theology. Chapter 4: Examination of the proofs of the existence of the Divinity, as given by Clarke. Chapter 5: Examination of the proofs offered by Descartes, Male
Branche, Newton. Chapter 6: Of Pantheism; or of the natural ideas of the Divinity.