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   Jean Meslier (French:; also Mellier; 15 June 1664 – 17 June 1729) was a French Catholic priest who was discovered, upon his death, to have written a book-length philosophical essay promoting atheism and materialism.

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3. www.historytoday.com › poisoned-will-jean-meslierThe Poisoned Will of Jean Meslier | History Today

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   Oct 10, 2017 · Jean Meslier (1664-1729) was a rural priest who wrote a 1,000-page manuscript denying Christianity, materialism and the nobility. His will was censored, circulated secretly and published anonymously by Voltaire in 1761.

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   MESLIER, JEAN(1664–1729) Jean Meslier, perhaps the least restrained freethinker of the French Enlightenment, is also one of the most notorious examples of apostasy. As cur é of the village of Etr é pigny in Champagne from 1689 to his death, Meslier lived in complete obscurity, attending to his pastoral duties.

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6. www.gutenberg.org › files › 17607Superstition in All Ages, by Jean Meslier - Project Gutenberg

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   A 1732 book by a French priest who rejected religious dogmas and argued for naturalism and materialism. The book contains his last will and testament, translated by Anna Knoop and commented by Voltaire.

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   Jul 3, 2007 · Jean Meslier (1664-1729) was a priest in the tiny Ardennes parish of Etrépigny. Although virtually unknown in his native France and in the UK (a brief extract from his work in Margaret Knight’s Humanist Anthology, published in 1961, is one of the few mentions of Meslier in the English language), his Memoire (or Testament) amounted to a ...

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   Aleksandra Porada Le Testament by Jean Meslier: the pioneering work of the militant atheism in France Summary Jean Meslier (1664–1729) was probably the most radical thinker of the French Enlightenment, yet he is relatively little known.

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   Who was Jean Meslier?

   • Jean Meslier ( French: [melje]; also Mellier; 15 June 1664 – 17 June 1729) was a French Catholic priest ( abbé) who was discovered, upon his death, to have written a book-length philosophical essay promoting atheism and materialism. Described by the author as his "testament" to his parishioners, the text criticizes and denounces all religions .

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   What did Jean Meslier write?

   • His title sets it out clearly: Memoir of the Thoughts and Feelings of Jean Meslier; and so does his subtitle: Clear and Evident Demonstrations of the Vanity and Falsity of All the Religions of the World. The book appeared in 1729, after his death. Meslier had spent the greater part of his life working on it. The history of true atheism had begun.

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   Did Jean Meslier have a reserve?

   • Paine and Voltaire had reserves, but Jean Meslier had none. He keeps nothing back; and yet, after all, the wonder is not that there should have been one priest who left that testimony at his death, but that all priests do not.

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   Was Jean Meslier an example of apostasy?

   • Jean Meslier, perhaps the least restrained freethinker of the French Enlightenment, is also one of the most notorious examples of apostasy. As cur é of the village of Etr é pigny in Champagne from 1689 to his death, Meslier lived in complete obscurity, attending to his pastoral duties.

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10. humanistperspectives.org › archived-issues › issueHumanist Perspectives: issue 184: Jean Meslier’s ...

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    (Ecclesiastes 3:16). “If God is incomprehensible to man, it would seem rational never to think of Him at all.” – Jean Meslier. It is thought that Meslier had no more than fifty books in his library, but what a library!