Maréchal was an admirer of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, Claude Adrien Helvétius, and Denis Diderot, and associated with deist and atheist authors.
mˈɑːɹɹeɪtʃəl wʌz ɐn ɐdmˈaɪɚɹɚɹ ʌv dʒˈiːnʒˈæk ɹˈaʊsoʊ, voʊltˈɛɹ, klˈɔːd ˈædɹiən hɛlvˈeɪɾɪəs, ænd dˈɛniz dˈaɪdɹɑːt, ænd ɐsˈoʊsɪˌeɪɾᵻd wɪð dˈeɪɪst ænd ˈeɪθɪˌɪst ˈɔːθɚz.