Les dangers de l’incrédulité Rivarol et Necker à propos de la religion et de la morale

This essay explores the dialogue between Rivarol and Necker on the relationship between morality and religion. It focuses on two letters Rivarol wrote to Necker after the publication of De l’importance des opinions religieuses in 1788. The essay outlines the main points of Rivarol’s critique. The final section shows that during the Thermidor, Rivarol came to believe that philosophy and universal morality were too abstract and impersonal to replace religion as the foundation of sociability.