The Original Atheists: First Thoughts on Nonbelief

This is the first anthology ever published to feature the writings of leading eighteenth-century thinkers on the subjects of atheism, religion, freethought, and secularism. Editor S. T. Joshi has compiled notable essays by writers from Germany, France, England, and early America.The contributors include Denis Diderot (a principal author of the multivolume FrenchEncyclopedie), Baron d'Holbach (System of Nature, 1770), Voltaire (Philosophical Dictionary), David Hume, Immanuel Kant, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Ethan Allen, Thomas Paine, and other lesser-known thinkers.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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 01/07/2014
ISBN: 9781616148416
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.31w x 0.74d

Review Citations: Library Journal 01/01/2014 pg. 116