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A Short History of Freethought Ancient and Modern, Volume 2 of 2: Third edition, Revised and Expanded, in two volumesRobertson, J. M. (John Mackinnon)

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A Short History of Freethought Ancient and Modern, Volume 2 of 2: Third edition, Revised and Expanded, in two volumes

Name: A Short History of Freethought Ancient and Modern, Volume 2 of 2: Third edition, Revised and Expanded, in two volumes
Author: Robertson, J. M. (John Mackinnon)

Robertson, J. M. (John Mackinnon)

Free thought -- History

four more by Robinet.
1770.        L'Esprit du Judaisme. (Trans. from Collins by d'Holbach.)
1770.        Raynal (with Diderot and others). Histoire philosophique
             des deux Indes. Containing atheistic arguments by Diderot.
             [Suppressed, 1772.]

In this year there were condemned to be burned seven freethinking
works: d'Holbach's Contagion Sacrée; Voltaire's Dieu et les Hommes; the
French translation (undated) of Woolston's Discourses on the Miracles
of Jesus Christ; Fréret's (really Burigny's) Examen critique de la
religion chrétienne; an Examen impartial des principales religions
du monde, undated; d'Holbach's Christianisme dévoilé; and his Système
de la Nature.

1772.     Le Bon Sens. [Adaptation from Meslier by Diderot and
          d'Holbach. Condemned to be burnt, 1774.]
1772.     De la nature humaine. [Trans. of Hobbes by d'Holbach.]
1773.     Helvétius. De l'Homme. Ouvrage posthume. 2 tom. [Condemned to
          be burnt, Jan. 10, 1774. Rep. 1775.]
1773.     Carra, J. L. Système de la Raison, ou le prophète philosophe.
1773.     [Burigny (?).] Recherches sur les miracles.
1773.     [D'Holbach.] La politique naturelle. 2 tom.
1773.     ----. Système Sociale. 3 tom.
1774.     Abauzit, F. Réflexions impartiales sur les Évangiles, suivies
          d'un essai sur l'Apocalypse. (Abauzit died 1767.)
1774.     [Condorcet.] Lettres d'un Théologien. (Atheistic.)
1774.     New edition of Theologie Portative. 2 tom. [Condemned to be
          burnt.]
1775.     [Voltaire.] Histoire de Jenni, ou Le Sage et l'Athée. [Attack
          on atheism.]
1776.     [D'Holbach.] La morale universelle. 3 tom.
1776.     ---- Ethocratie.
1777.     Examen critique du Nouveau Testament, "par M. Fréret." [Not
          by Fréret. A rep. of Mirabaud's Réflexions impartiales sur
          l'Évangile, 1769, which was probably written about 1750,
          being replied to in the Réfutation du Celse moderne of the
          Abbé Gautier, 1752 and 1765.]
1777.     Carra. Esprit de la morale et de la philosophie.
1778.     Barthez, P. J. Nouveaux éléments de la science de l'homme.
1779.     Vie d'Apollonius de Tyane par Philostrate, avec les
          commentaires donnés en anglois par Charles Blount sur les
          deux premiers livres. [Trans. by J.-F. Salvemini de
          Castillon, Berlin.] Amsterdam, 4 tom. (In addition to
          Blount's pref. and notes there is a scoffing dedication to
          Pope Clement XIV.)
1780.     Duvernet, Abbé Th. J. L'Intolérance religieuse.
1780.     Clootz, Anacharsis. La Certitude des preuves du Mahométisme.
          [Reply by way of parody to Bergier's work, noted on p. 250.]
1780.     Second ed. of Raynal's Histoire philosophique, with
          additions. (Condemned to be burnt, 1781.)
1781.     Maréchal, Sylvain. Le nouveau Lucrèce.
1783.     Brissot de Warville. Lettres philosophiques sur S. Paul.
1784.     Doray de Longrais. Faustin, ou le siècle philosophique.
1784.     Pougens, M.

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A Short History of Freethought Ancient and Modern, Volume 2 of 2: Third edition, Revised and Expanded, in two volumesRobertson, J. M. (John Mackinnon)

Religion

A Short History of Freethought Ancient and Modern, Volume 2 of 2: Third edition, Revised and Expanded, in two volumes

Robertson, J. M. (John Mackinnon)

Free thought -- History

four more by Robinet.
1770.        L'Esprit du Judaisme. (Trans. from Collins by d'Holbach.)
1770.        Raynal (with Diderot and others). Histoire philosophique
             des deux Indes. Containing atheistic arguments by Diderot.
             [Suppressed, 1772.]

In this year there were condemned to be burned seven freethinking
works: d'Holbach's Contagion Sacrée; Voltaire's Dieu et les Hommes; the
French translation (undated) of Woolston's Discourses on the Miracles
of Jesus Christ; Fréret's (really Burigny's) Examen critique de la
religion chrétienne; an Examen impartial des principales religions
du monde, undated; d'Holbach's Christianisme dévoilé; and his Système
de la Nature.

1772.     Le Bon Sens. [Adaptation from Meslier by Diderot and
          d'Holbach. Condemned to be burnt, 1774.]
1772.     De la nature humaine. [Trans. of Hobbes by d'Holbach.]
1773.     Helvétius. De l'Homme. Ouvrage posthume. 2 tom. [Condemned to
          be burnt, Jan. 10, 1774. Rep. 1775.]
1773.     Carra, J. L. Système de la Raison, ou le prophète philosophe.
1773.     [Burigny (?).] Recherches sur les miracles.
1773.     [D'Holbach.] La politique naturelle. 2 tom.
1773.     ----. Système Sociale. 3 tom.
1774.     Abauzit, F. Réflexions impartiales sur les Évangiles, suivies
          d'un essai sur l'Apocalypse. (Abauzit died 1767.)
1774.     [Condorcet.] Lettres d'un Théologien. (Atheistic.)
1774.     New edition of Theologie Portative. 2 tom. [Condemned to be
          burnt.]
1775.     [Voltaire.] Histoire de Jenni, ou Le Sage et l'Athée. [Attack
          on atheism.]
1776.     [D'Holbach.] La morale universelle. 3 tom.
1776.     ---- Ethocratie.
1777.     Examen critique du Nouveau Testament, "par M. Fréret." [Not
          by Fréret. A rep. of Mirabaud's Réflexions impartiales sur
          l'Évangile, 1769, which was probably written about 1750,
          being replied to in the Réfutation du Celse moderne of the
          Abbé Gautier, 1752 and 1765.]
1777.     Carra. Esprit de la morale et de la philosophie.
1778.     Barthez, P. J. Nouveaux éléments de la science de l'homme.
1779.     Vie d'Apollonius de Tyane par Philostrate, avec les
          commentaires donnés en anglois par Charles Blount sur les
          deux premiers livres. [Trans. by J.-F. Salvemini de
          Castillon, Berlin.] Amsterdam, 4 tom. (In addition to
          Blount's pref. and notes there is a scoffing dedication to
          Pope Clement XIV.)
1780.     Duvernet, Abbé Th. J. L'Intolérance religieuse.
1780.     Clootz, Anacharsis. La Certitude des preuves du Mahométisme.
          [Reply by way of parody to Bergier's work, noted on p. 250.]
1780.     Second ed. of Raynal's Histoire philosophique, with
          additions. (Condemned to be burnt, 1781.)
1781.     Maréchal, Sylvain. Le nouveau Lucrèce.
1783.     Brissot de Warville. Lettres philosophiques sur S. Paul.
1784.     Doray de Longrais. Faustin, ou le siècle philosophique.
1784.     Pougens, M.

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