Meslier,a French inferior priest, wrote a famous work--《Deathed Note》,by which he attacked the hypocrisy and absurdity of religious theology in the beginning of eighteenth century ,and he also assault the tyranny ,the private ownership ,the great desperation between rich and poor ,and inequality under feudalism. He sympathized with the miserable life of working people. On the base of that ,he called up the people stand up to liberate themselves and at last to realize the communism. So he became the first people of the enlightenment in the eighteenth century .the essay ,basing on the 《Deathed Note》,summaries the concept of Social history of Meslier, and analyzes, guided by materialistic historicism and dialectical materialism ,superficially its significance and limitations.
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