Why did Louis XV’s advisors worry about the Encyclopédie’s content?
a) The work’s appeal to reason and anti-Catholic bias seemed to undermine Louis’s absolutist authority.
b) The authors of many articles frankly called for the overthrow of the monarchy.
Consider This: The Jesuits worried about the suggestions of atheism they found in some of the articles. See 5.7: Narrative: Dining with the Encyclopedia.
c) The authors seemed to suggest the evolutionary development of humans.
Consider This: The Jesuits worried about the suggestions of atheism they found in some of the articles. See 5.7: Narrative: Dining with the Encyclopedia.
d) The authors’ engravings included shockingly frank depictions of human sexuality.
Consider This: The Jesuits worried about the suggestions of atheism they found in some of the articles. See 5.7: Narrative: Dining with the Encyclopedia.
a) The work’s appeal to reason and anti-Catholic bias seemed to undermine Louis’s absolutist authority.
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