"If the ignorance of nature gave birth to such a variety of gods, the knowledge of this nature is calculated to destroy them."
— Baron d'Holbach

January 1, 1970

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Date and place of publication unknown. Original publication in French, 1770, as La Système de la nature, under the name of Jean Baptiste de Mirabaud.