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Montesquieu and the Baron d'Holbach

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Jim Hawkins

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Mar 1, 2012, 8:14:26 AM3/1/12
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Is it known whether Montesquieu ever attended d'Holbach's salon in Paris, or
his country estate ?

Jim Hawkins


Paul Aubrin

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Jun 16, 2012, 2:43:35 AM6/16/12
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Known for sure attenders of Holbach's salon were (according to Wikipedia):
Buffon, d’Alembert, J-J. Rousseau, Helvétius, Mercier, Naigeon, Marmontel,
La Harpe, Marie-Thérèse Geoffrin, Louise d'Épinay, Sophie d'Houdetot,
Melchior Grimm, Adam Smith, David Hume, Laurence Sterne, Ferdinando
Galiani, Cesare Beccaria, Joseph Priestley, Horace Walpole, Edward
Gibbon, David Garrick
Montesquieu is not among them.
Source: Système de la nature ou des lois du monde physique et du monde
moral (http://books.google.fr/books?id=XAgO2ttA7FwC)
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