Les « déserteurs de la foi » selon un repenti de l’anticléricalisme La philosophie manuscrite clandestine dans le Dictionnaire historique et critique des athées de Collin de Plancy

Collin de Plancy, best known for his Dictionnaire infernal (1818), proves to be a clever participant in the spread of radical Enlightenment ideas in the following century. An anticlerical author, he changes tack and creates a critical account of an antireligious legacy whose clandestine dimension is not neglected, as is demonstrated by his Dictionnaire historique et critique des athées (1870).