Athées
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Although the Encyclopédie (published 1751-1772) was driven and edited by the atheist Denis Diderot, the encyclopedia's articles on atheism and atheists take an incredibly negative tone, having been written by the pastor Jean-Henri-Samuel Formey and the abbé Claude Yvon. This was probably the most common conception of atheism by the public and by some of the philosophes. Yvon identifies the main causes of atheism as ignorance and stupidity, and debauchery and the corruption of morals. The article "Athées" is primarily concerned with refuted of Pierre Bayle's assertions, insisting that atheists "cannot have an exact and complete understanding of the morality of human actions"
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