Note 67 — Chapter XVII · FRENCH FREETHOUGHT IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
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Lord Morley writes (p. 209): “We do not know how far he ever seriously approached the question ... whether a society can exist without a religion.” This overlooks both the Homélie sur l’Athéisme and the article Athéisme in the Dictionnaire Philosophique, where the question is discussed seriously and explicitly. ↑