Paul Henri Thiry Holbach, baron d'
Paul Henri Thiry Holbach, baron d' , Ger. Paul Heinrich Dietrich, Baron von Holbach , 1723-89, French philosopher, one of the Encyclopedists. Although a native of the Palatinate, he lived in Paris from childhood. He became a member of a group of notable thinkers and literary men including Diderot, Helvétius, Condorcet, and Rousseau. A supporter of naturalistic and materialistic views, he was a vigorous opponent of Christianity and all positive forms of religion. His best-known work is Système de la nature (1770), first published under the name of Mirabaud.
Bibliography: See biography by W. H. Wickwar (1935, repr. 1968); study by M. Cushing (1914, repr. 1971).
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University of Detroit and Mercy College to consolidate.
PR Newswire; 6/19/1990; 700+ words
; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT AND MERCY COLLEGE TO CONSOLIDATE DETROIT, June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boards of Trustees of the University of Detroit (U of D) and Mercy College of Detroit today announced...
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University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry Moves to Larger Facility on New Corktown Campus.
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New Nursing Program Offered In Grand Rapids; University of Detroit Mercy, Aquinas College and Saint Mary's Mercy Medical Center Collaborate to Offer Unique Bachelor of Science Nursing Degree.
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PR Newswire; 12/3/2006; 700+ words
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University of Detroit Mercy Named Host School for 2009 Final Four in Detroit.
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University of Detroit Mercy Watches Super Bowl Excitement ... As 'Sweet 16' And 'Final Four' Are Around the Corner.
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University of Detroit Mercy
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
University of Detroit Mercy at Detroit; coeducational; Jesuit; est. 1877 as a college, inc. 1881, became a university 1911. The present school was formed with the 1990 merger of the Univ. of Detroit and Mercy College (1941).
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Detroit
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