Bradlaugh, Charles.

Half-Hours with the Freethinkers [electronic resource]. - Auckland : The Floating Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (342 p.)

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Title; Contents; Editors' Preface; Thomas Hobbes; Lord Bolingbroke; Condorcet; Spinoza; Anthony Collins; Des Cartes; M. De Voltaire; John Toland; Compte de Volney; Charles Blount; Percy Bysshe Shelley; Claud Arian Helvetius; Frances W. D'Arusmont; Epicurus; Zeno, the Stoic; Matthew Tindal; David Hume; Dr. Thomas Burnet; Thomas Paine; Baptiste de Mirabaud; Baron D'Holbach; Robert Taylor; Joseph Barker; Endnotes;

Have you ever played the parlor game where you name the historical figures you'd like to invite to a dinner party? This fascinating book is kind of like the written form of that exercise. It brings together the key arguments and beliefs espoused by an array of the top minds in the 'free thought' movement, a philosophical school that prized rationality and logic over dogma. It's a must-read for those interested in learning more about philosophy in user-friendly, bite-sized essays.

9781775457206 (electronic bk.) 1775457206 (electronic bk.)


Free thought.
Freethinkers -- Biography.
Religion.
Freethinkers--Biography.
Free thought.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious


Electronic books.

BL2785 .B7

922.91