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Lot 11:
NECKER (M.)
DE L’ Importance de la Morale et des Opinions Religieuses. A Londres: Et se trouve à Paris, Hôtel de Thou, rue des Poitevins, 1788.
A-Z, Aa-Oo4, Pp2; 300 pp.; 200 mm.
Jacques Necker was one of the most important and famous figures of the pre- and post-revolutionary period in France, holding several important administrative and political positions, despite being a Protestant and therefore having difficult access to them. It was precisely on the date on which he was appointed director general of finance and minister of state that he published this work. In the same year he played a major political role and it was he who called for the convening of the Estates General, and it was he who delivered the first speech on finance.
The work argues that morality is essential for social cohesion and that its most solid foundation lies in religious beliefs, which encourage virtues such as honesty and justice. Necker criticizes materialism and philosophical skepticism, stating that reason alone cannot replace faith in building a just society, arguing that religion not only reinforces individual ethics, but also sustains public order, being indispensable for the stability and legitimacy of government. Very rare.
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