If ignorance of nature gave birth to the Gods, knowledge of nature is destined to… — Baron d'Holbach
If ignorance of nature gave birth to the Gods, knowledge of nature is destined to destroy them.
In the original French
Si l'ignorance de la nature donna la nais-ance aux dieux, la connoissance de la nature est faite pour les détruire.
1770
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D'Holbach, Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron [published as Jean-Baptiste de Mirabaud]. Systeme de la Nature ou Des Loix due Mond Physique et du Monde Moral [The System of Nature or, the Laws of the Moral and Physical World]. 1770, pt. 2, ch. 1.
