The American deists: voices of reason and dissent in the early republic
Introduction -- I believe in one God, Creator of the universe / Benjamin Franklin -- Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against errors / Thomas Jefferson -- Nature is God's revelation / Ethan Allen -- Let man study nature's laws! / Constantin François Chasseboeuf, Comte...
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Format: | Electronic Book |
Language: | English |
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Lawrence, Kan
University Press of Kansas
©1992
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In: | Year: 1992 |
Reviews: | The American Deists: Voices of Reason and Dissent in the Early Republic. Kerry S. Walters (1994) (Corrigan, John)
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Further subjects: | B
United States
B United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) / HISTORY B Deïsme B Deism (United States) B Deism |
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Summary: | Introduction -- I believe in one God, Creator of the universe / Benjamin Franklin -- Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against errors / Thomas Jefferson -- Nature is God's revelation / Ethan Allen -- Let man study nature's laws! / Constantin François Chasseboeuf, Comte de Volney -- My own mind is my own church / Thomas Paine -- Reason, the glory of our nature / Elihu Palmer -- The reasoning power, celestial guest, the stamp upon the soul impress'd / Philip Freneau -- The temple of reason : indefense of pure religion -- Prospect, or, View of the moral world : virtue, the highest dignity of man --The theophilanthropist : the love of God and man -- Sources and permissions -- Bibliographic essay. |
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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-390) and index |
ISBN: | 0700631305 |