Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Baron d'Holbach
Born: December 8, 1723
Died: January 21, 1789 (aged 65)
Bio: Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach, was a French-German author, philosopher, encyclopedist and prominent figure in the French Enlightenment.
Known for:
- The System of Nature
- Good Sense
- Superstition in All Ages
- Superstition In All Ages Common Sense
- A Letter from Thrasybus to Leucippe