《Mémoire des pensées et sentiments de Jean Meslie》 (English notation) Memoire des pensées et sentiments de Jean Meslie

…He was a stubborn priest who refused to bow to the authority of lords and royal officials, and was highly respected by his parishioners. However, after his death, a large number of secretly written notes were discovered, and he became known as a radical social thinker ahead of his time. In these notes, “Mémoire des pensées et sentiments de Jean Meslier,” which are estimated to have been written between 1719 and 1729, Father Meslier pointed out the contradictions in Christian doctrine, expressed his atheistic stance that denied the existence of God as a creator, and at the same time presented a radical idea that denounced social inequality and called for the overthrow of oppression by the people. His notes were circulated in manuscript form, but in 1761, excerpts were printed and published by Voltaire, making them widely known. …

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…領主や国王役人の権威にも屈しない一徹な司祭として，教区民の信望を集めたが，その間ひそかに書き残された大部の手記が死後発見され，時代に先んじた急進的な社会思想家として知られるところとなった。執筆は1719‐29年ころと推定されるこの《覚書Mémoire des pensées et sentiments de Jean Meslier》において，メリエ司祭は，キリスト教の教義にみられる矛盾を鋭く指摘し，創造主としての神の存在を否認する無神論の立場を表明すると同時に，社会の不平等を告発し，民衆による圧制の打倒を呼びかけるという急進的な思想を提示していた。彼の手記は写本の形で流布したが，61年ボルテールによりその抜粋が印刷刊行されて広く世に知られるところとなった。…

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