TY - BOOK AU - Holbach,Paul Henri Thiry,baron d' TI - The System of Nature, or, the Laws of the Moral and Physical World. Volume 2 AV - B PY - 2005/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Philosophy and religion KW - Psychology KW - Materialism N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_System_of_Nature; Release date is 2005-09-01; Text file produced by Freethought Archives and Distributed Proofreaders HTML file produced by David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The System of Nature, or, the Laws of the Moral and Physical World. Volume 2" by Baron d'Holbach is a philosophical work published in 1770. This radical treatise argues for atheism and materialism, claiming the mind is merely the brain, free will is illusion, and the universe operates by strict deterministic laws. Originally published anonymously, it sparked fierce controversy, drawing refutations from Voltaire and Frederick the Great, while inspiring figures like Shelley with its uncompromising rejection of God and supernatural beliefs. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8910 ER -