While translating Difficultés sur la religion into Japanese, we came across certain enigmas that seemed at first sight incomprehensible if one does not wish to understand them as emanating from Robert Challe, Naigeon and Holbach. This article attempts to address these enigmas in order to show that the Difficultés and Le Militaire philosophe raise questions that are still unanswered and are emblematic of clandestine philosophical manuscripts.
CLIL theme: 3129 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Philosophie -- Philosophie moderne