Half-Hours with the FreethinkersThe Floating Press, 1 ביוני 2012 - 313 עמודים 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. |
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Spinoza | 51 |
Anthony Collins | 67 |
Des Cartes | 82 |
M De Voltaire | 96 |
Frances W DArusmont | 186 |
Epicurus | 201 |
Zeno the Stoic | 216 |
Matthew Tindal | 231 |
David Hume | 246 |
Dr Thomas Burnet | 261 |
Thomas Paine | 276 |
Baptiste de Mirabaud | 292 |
John Toland | 111 |
Compte de Volney | 126 |
Charles Blount | 142 |
Percy Bysshe Shelley | 157 |
Claud Arian Helvetius | 171 |
Baron DHolbach | 294 |
Robert Taylor | 307 |
Joseph Barker | 321 |
Endnotes | 340 |
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
affirm amongst Anthony Collins appears argument Atheist believe Bible Blount body Bolingbroke Cartes cause character Charles Blount Christianity Church Collins common conceived Condorcet D'Holbach death definition Deism Deist Descartes difficulty divine doctrine doubt earth England Epicureans Epicurus eternal existence fact faith father figure find fire first fixed Freethinkers Freethought friends gave genius Girondists Greek and Hebrew happiness hath heaven Hebrew Bibles Helvetius Hobbes honor human idea ignorance immortality Infidel infinite influence king knowledge laws living Lord mankind manner matter Matthew Tindal means mind moral motion nation nature never object office opinion origin Paine passions persecution philosophers pleasure Pope priests principles published reason reflection religion religious says senses Shelley soul Spinoza Stilpo Stoics substance sufficient superstition Testament things Thomas Burnet thou thought Toland translation true truth universe virtue Voltaire whole words writings Zeno