The Great Protector of Wits provides a new assessment of baron d’Holbach (1723–1789) and his circle. A challenging figure of the European Enlightenment, Paul-Henri Thiry d’Holbach was not only a radically materialistic philosopher, a champion of anticlericalism, the author of the Système de la nature – known as ‘the Bible of atheists’ –, an idéologue, a popularizer of the natural sciences and a prolific contributor to the Encyclopédie, but he also played a crucial role as an organizer of intellectual networks and was a master of disseminating clandestine literature and a consummate strategist in authorial fictions. In this collective volume, for the first time, all these different threads of d’Holbach’s ‘philosophy in action’ are considered and analyzed in their interconnection. Contributors to this volume: Jacopo Agnesina, Nicholas Cronk, Mélanie Éphrème, Enrico Galvagni, Jonathan Israel, Alan Charles Kors, Mladen Kozul, Brunello Lotti, Emilio Mazza, Gianluca Mori, Iryna Mykhailova, Gianni Paganini, Paolo Quintili, Alain Sandrier, Ruggero Sciuto, Maria Susana Seguin, and Gerhardt Stenger.

This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works of Laurence Sterne, with numerous illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Sterne's life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * ALL the novels sermons and letters, with individual contents tables * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Includes Sterne's JOURNAL TO ELIZA, discovered many years after his death - appearing here for the first time in digital print * Rare non-fiction texts often missed out of collections * Features two biographies - discover Sterne's literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Satires And Novels A Political Romance The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy A Sentimental Journey The Sermons The Sermons Of Laurence Sterne The Letters Letters From Yorick To Eliza Original Letters Of The Late Reverend Mr. Laurence Sterne Letters Of The Late Rev. Mr. Laurence Sterne To His Most Intimate Friends The Non-fiction Journal To Eliza Yorick’s Meditations Upon Various Interesting And Important Subjects Explanatory Remarks Upon The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy: Wherein, The Morals And Politics Of This Piece Are Clearly Laid Open, By Jeremiah Kunastrokius, M.d. The Beauties Of Sterne The Biographies Memoirs Of The Life And Family Of The Late Reverend Mr. Laurence Sterne, Written By Himself Sterne By H.d. Traill Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles