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Page 118
... knowledge ; advancing Paine's arguments in The Age of Reason against the historicity , the accuracy , and the inspiration of the Bible ; following closely Hume's agnostic course of reasoning , and em- bracing Spinoza's pantheistic ...
... knowledge ; advancing Paine's arguments in The Age of Reason against the historicity , the accuracy , and the inspiration of the Bible ; following closely Hume's agnostic course of reasoning , and em- bracing Spinoza's pantheistic ...
Page 264
... knowledge - religious , moral , scientific — is the sole basis of virtuous living . A man can be virtuous and wise and good only through knowledge of himself and the world in which he lives . Closely linked with his war on superstition ...
... knowledge - religious , moral , scientific — is the sole basis of virtuous living . A man can be virtuous and wise and good only through knowledge of himself and the world in which he lives . Closely linked with his war on superstition ...
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... knowledge than can be accommo- dated to the just distribution of the produce which it multiplies.65 The poetry in these systems of thought is concealed by the accu- mulation of facts and calculating processes . There is no want of knowledge ...
... knowledge than can be accommo- dated to the just distribution of the produce which it multiplies.65 The poetry in these systems of thought is concealed by the accu- mulation of facts and calculating processes . There is no want of knowledge ...
Contents
THE GROWTH OF SHELLEYS MIND | 3 |
THE NECESSITY OF ATHEISM | 37 |
A DECLARATION OF RIGHTS | 70 |
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action Age of Reason animals assert beauty believe benevolence called Catholic Emancipation cause character conception considered contemplation death degree Deism deist Deity Devil divine doctrines earth edition effect equal Essay eternal evil existence expression feel fragment genius Godwin Greek habits happiness heart human mind Hume Hume's idea imagination institutions Jesus Christ justice labor Laocoön letter liberty live Lord Lord Ellenborough Lucretius mankind Mary Shelley ment misery moral nation nature necessity Necessity of Atheism never object opinion pain Paine's paragraph passion Percy Bysshe Shelley perfect person philosophy Plato pleasure poem poet poetry political possess present principles produce prose punishment Queen Mab reason reform Refutation of Deism rendered ROGER INGPEN ruin seems sense sentiments Shelley Shelley's Note social society sophisms soul Spinoza spirit superstition supposed sympathy things thought tion Translation true truth tyrants universe virtue words writers