TY - EJOUR A1 - Paganini, Gianenrico TI - Quand, comment et pourquoi les législateurs sont-ils devenus des imposteurs ? - Averroïsme et libertinisme « radical » dans le Theophrastus redivivus (1659) T2 - La Lettre clandestine 2016, n° 24. varia JO - La Lettre clandestine (ISSN 2271-720X), 24, 2016 DO - 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-06043-7.p.0103 SN - 2271-720X SP - 103 EP - 132 AB - Although the anonymous author of the celebrated Theophrastus redivivus does not mention the existence of a treatise on the three impostors, he clearly asserts the idea of a political origin of monotheistic religions, upon which he builds his own philosophical system. It consists of a radical atheism and the advent of a natural society free from laws and imposture, necessary for the very history of the universe. The author of Theophrastus thus appears as an exemplar of the “radical libertine”. PY - 2016 DA - 2016/07/13 DP - Classiques Garnier PB - Classiques Garnier CY - Paris LA - fre UR - https://shop.staging.classiques-garnier.net/la-lettre-clandestine-2016-n-24-varia-quand-comment-et-pourquoi-les-legislateurs-sont-ils-devenus-des-imposteurs-en.html Y2 - 2025/12/06 ER -