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Latest revision as of 06:12, 22 April 2026
French materialism is the name given to a handful of French 18th-century philosophers during the Age of Enlightenment, many of them clustered around the salon of Baron d'Holbach. Although there are important differences between them, all of them were materialists who believed that the world was made up of a single substance, matter, the motions and properties of which could be used to explain all phenomena.
Prominent French materialists of the 18th century include:
- Julien Offray de La Mettrie
- Denis Diderot
- Baron d'Holbach
- Claude Adrien Helvétius
- Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis
- Jacques-André Naigeon
See also
- Atheism during the Age of Enlightenment
- German materialism
- Mechanism (philosophy)
- Metaphysical naturalism
- Russian materialism