When1: 1770
When2: 1800
Who: Système de la Nature
What: philosophic school
Where: France
Detail: School included Paul-Henri Holbach, Grimm, and Helvetius. It was atheistic and materialistic. Nature has no purpose, order, or value, and so reality is indifferent to people. Government should promote social cooperation to maximize happiness.
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