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Age of Reason

Age of Reason

by Thomas Paine

*Non-fictionPhilosophyPolitical ScienceReligion
37 chapters8h 11mEnglish1807

About this book

The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology, a deistic treatise written by eighteenth-century British radical and American revolutionary Thomas Paine, critiques institutionalized religion and challenges the inerrancy of the Bible. Published in three parts in 1794, 1795, and 1807, it was a bestseller in America, where it caused a short-lived deistic revival. British audiences, however, fearing increased political radicalism as a result of the French revolution, received it with more hostility. The Age of Reason presents common deistic arguments; for example, it highlights the corruption of the Christian Church and criticizes its efforts to acquire political power. Paine advocates reason in the place of revelation, leading him to reject miracles and to view the Bible as an ordinary piece of literature rather than as a divinely-inspired text. Yet, The Age of Reason is not atheistic: it promotes natural religion and argues for a creator-God. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Chapters (36)

1Part First, Section 1
500
2Part First, Section 2
628
3Part First, Section 3
581
4Part First, Section 4
656
5Part First, Section 5
687
6Part First, Section 6
611
7Part First, Section 7
668
8Part First, Section 8
734
9Part First, Section 9
524
10Part First, Section 10
751
11Part First, Section 11
798
12Part First, Section 12
815
13Part First, Section 13
767
14Part First, Section 14
792
15Part First, Section 15
822
16Part Second, Preface
586
17Part Second, Sections 1 & 2
760
18Part Second, Section 3
792
19Part Second, Section 4
821
20Part Second, Section 5
893
21Part Second, Section 6
1326
22Part Second, Section 7
779
23Part Second, Section 8
56
24Part Second, Section 9
860
25Part Second, Section 10
950
26Part Second, Section 11
1007
27Part Second, Section 12
789
28Part Second, Section 13
897
29Part Second, Section 14
923
30Part Second, Section 15
977
31Part Second, Section 16
903
32Part Second, Section 17
861
33Part Second, Section 18
906
34Part Second, Section 19
488
35Part Second, Section 20
950
36Part Second, Section 21
1079

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