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282 pages ; 23 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-275) and index. |
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The French and German Enlightenments. from Testament (1729) / Jean Meslier ; from Man a machine (1748) / Julien Offray de La Mettrie ; "On the origin and progress of divination" (1749) / Étienne Bonnot de Condillac ; from Philosophical dictionary (1764) / Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet) ; from The system of nature (1770) / Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach ; "Conversation between the Abbé Barthélemy and Diderot" (1772-73) / Denis Diderot ; from Critique of pure reason (1781) / Immanuel Kant -- The British Enlightenment. "Of faith and reason, and their distinct provinces" (1690) / John Locke ; from A discourse of free-thinking (1713) / Anthony Collins ; "Of miracles" (1748) / David Hume ; from Analysis of the influence of natural religion on the temporal happiness of mankind (1822) / Jeremy Bentham and George Grote -- The American Enlightenment. Selections / Thomas Jefferson ; from Reason, the only oracle of man (1784) / Ethan Allen ; A memorial and remonstrance against religious assessments (1784-84) / James Madison ; from The age of reason (1794) / Thomas Paine. |
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The French and German Enlightenments -- The British Enlightenment -- The American Enlightenment. |
| Summary |
Joshi has compiled the first anthology to feature the writings of leading eighteenth-century thinkers on the subjects of atheism, religion, freethought, and secularism. With a comprehensive introduction providing the intellectual and cultural context of the essays, this outstanding compilation will be of interest to students of philosophy, religious studies, and eighteenth-century intellectual history. |
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Atheism.
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Atheists.
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Atheism. (OCoLC)fst00819974
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Atheists. (OCoLC)fst00819985
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Joshi, S. T., 1958- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781616148416 (pbk.) |
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1616148411 (pbk.) |
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9781616148423 (ebook) |
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