{"product_id":"positive-atheism-bayle-meslier-dholbach-diderot-9781474478441","title":"Positive Atheism: Bayle, Meslier, d'Holbach, Diderot","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Charles Devellennes\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Religious\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Devellennes looks at the the religious, social and political thought of the first four thinkers of the French Enlightenment: Pierre Bayle, Jean Meslier, Paul-Henri Thiry d'Holbach and Denis Diderot to explicitly argue for atheism as a positive philosophy. He shows how atheism evolved considerably over the century that spans the works of these four authors: from the possibility of the virtuous atheist in the late 17th century, to a deeply rooted materialist philosophy with radical social and political consequences by the eve of the French revolution. The metamorphosis of atheism from a purely negative phenomenon to one that became self-aware had profound consequences for establishing an ethics without God and the rise of republicanism as a political philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46289500045463,"sku":"9781474478441","price":3302.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781474478441.webp?v=1768664596","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/positive-atheism-bayle-meslier-dholbach-diderot-9781474478441","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}