Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers
by Charles Bradlaugh
About this book
This book presents a brief bio and a summary of important ideas & events in the lives of 23 great philosophers from ancient times through the 19th century. The book focuses on freethinkers, who are known to say things which upset those in power, Several of these men paid for their beliefs with their lives; many others were persecuted and imprisoned for saying what they believed. (Summary by Ted Delorme) Prooflisteners: silverquill and lubee930
Chapters (23)
1Thomas Hobbes
2Lord Bolingbroke
3Condorcet
4Spinoza
5Anthony Collins
6Descartes
7Voltaire
8John Toland
9Compte De Volney
10Charles Blount
11Percy Bysshe Shelley
12Claud Arian Helvetius
13Frances W. D'Arusmont
14Epicurus
15Zeno the Stoic
16Matthew Tindal
17David Hume
18Dr. Thomas Burnet
19Thomas Paine
20Baptiste De Mirabaud
21Baron D'Holbach
22Robert Taylor
23Joseph Barker

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