Progress of the Mind – Paul-Henri Thiry d’Holbach Quote

„How could the human mind progress, while tormented with frightful phantoms, and guided by men, interested in perpetuating its ignorance and fears? Man has been forced to vegetate in his primitive stupidity: he has been taught stories about invisible powers upon whom his happiness was supposed to depend. Occupied solely by his fears, and by unintelligible reveries, he has always been at the mercy of priests, who have reserved to themselves the right of thinking for him, and of directing his actions.“

Paul-Henri Thiry d’HolbachPaul-Henri Thiry d’Holbach questions the chains of fear and ignorance in human development in this quote.
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Paul-Henri Thiry d’Holbach was a French Enlightenment philosopher.

A critical view on human ignorance and control by authorities during the Enlightenment.


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Quote about human mind progress and ignorance by Paul-Henri Thiry d’Holbach

Paul-Henri Thiry d’Holbach was a philosopher of the French Enlightenment, known for his critical stance on religion and his atheistic views. He contributed to the Encyclopédie, writing many articles on metallurgy, chemistry, and related topics. His works helped spread Enlightenment ideas.

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