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A Short History of Freethought Ancient and Modern, Volume 2 of 2 / Third edition, Revised and Expanded, in two volumes — J. M. Robertson

A Short History of Freethought Ancient and Modern, Volume 2 of 2 / Third edition, Revised and Expanded, in two volumes

J. M. Robertson

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  • Book language: English
  • 722 pages

The second volume of J. M. Robertson's two-volume history of freethought, revised and expanded in its third edition. It continues the account of rationalist and secular thought, focusing on modern developments and challenges to religious orthodoxy. Listen for an enlightening overview of intellectual dissent.

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A SHORT

HISTORY OF FREETHOUGHT

ERRATA

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A SHORT HISTORY
OF
FREETHOUGHT
ANCIENT AND MODERN
BY JOHN M. ROBERTSON
THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND EXPANDED
IN TWO VOLUMES
Vol. II
(ISSUED FOR THE RATIONALIST PRESS
ASSOCIATION, LIMITED)

London:
WATTS & CO.,
JOHNSON’S COURT, FLEET STREET, E.C.
1915
CONTENTS
VOLUME II
PAGE
Chap. XIII—The Rise of Modern Freethought (continued)

§ 4. England.
Persecution
and
executions
under Henry
VIII,
Edward VI,
Mary, and
Elizabeth.
Charges of
atheism.
Lilly’s
polemic.
Reginald
Scot on
witchcraft.
The Family
of Love.
Hamond,
Lewes, Kett.
Apologetic
literature.
Influence of
Machiavelli.
Nashe’s
polemic.
Marlowe,
Raleigh,
Harriott,
Kyd.
Protests of
Pilkington
and Hooker.
Polemic of
Bishop
Morton.
Shakespeare.
The drama
generally.
Executions
1

under James.
Bacon.
Suckling
§ 5. Popular
Thought in
Europe.
Callidius.
Flade. Wier.
Coornhert.
Grotius.
Gorlæus.
Zwicker.
Koerbagh.
Beverland.
Socinianism.
The case of
Spain.
Cervantes
32
§ 6. Scientific
Thought.
Copernicus.
Giordano
Bruno.
Vanini.
Galileo. The
Aristotelian
strife. Vives.
Ramus.
Descartes.
Gassendi
41
Chap. XIV—British Freethought in the Seventeenth Century
§ 1. Lord Herbert of
Cherbury.
Hobbes. Selden
69

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Contents

  1. ERRATA
  2. CONTENTS
  3. Chapter XIII THE RISE OF MODERN FREETHOUGHT—(Continued)
  4. Chapter XIV BRITISH FREETHOUGHT IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
  5. Chapter XV FRENCH AND DUTCH FREETHOUGHT IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
  6. Chapter XVI BRITISH FREETHOUGHT IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
  7. Chapter XVII FRENCH FREETHOUGHT IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
  8. Chapter XVIII GERMAN FREETHOUGHT IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
  9. Chapter XIX FREETHOUGHT IN THE REMAINING EUROPEAN STATES
  10. Chapter XX EARLY FREETHOUGHT IN THE UNITED STATES
  11. Chapter XXI FREETHOUGHT IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
  12. CONCLUSION
  13. INDEX
  14. Colophon
  15. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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