De Tribus Impostoribus, A. D. 1230: The Three Impostors: Translated (with notes and comments) from a French manuscript of the work written in the year 1716, with a dissertation on the original treatise and a bibliography of the various editions
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De Tribus Impostoribus, A. D. 1230: The Three Impostors: Translated (with notes and comments) from a French manuscript of the work written in the year 1716, with a dissertation on the original treatise and a bibliography of the various editions
De tribus impostoribus -- Bibliography; Rationalism
À PHILADELPHIE
sous l'auspices du général WASHINGTHON
ET SE TROUVE
A PARIS chez le citoyen MERCIER, homme de lettres, rue du Cocq Honoré,
No. 120,
LONDON, at M. Miller, libryre, Boon Street,
PICCADELLY.
M.DCC.XCVI.
Note.--This edition has undoubtedly been translated from the original
Latin manuscript.--A. N.
Translation. Treatise of the Three Impostors of the governing Religions
and worship, after an examination conformable to history, containing
a number of moral observations, analogous to those placed in the
order of the day for the support of the republic, its glory, and the
edification of the people of all countries. Ornamented with three
engravings. At Philadelphia under the auspices of General Washington,
and may be found at Paris at the house of Citizen Mercier (Claude
Francois Xavier [6]), man of letters, 120 Cocq Honoré street, and at
London at Mr. Miller's, bookseller, Boon street, Piccadelly, 1796.
On the following page may be found the following:
LE PEUPLE
FRANÇAIS
RECONNANT
L'ÊTRE SUPRÊME
L'IMMORTALITÉ DE L'AME
ET LA LIBERTÉ DES CULTES
---- [7]
TRAITÉ
DES
Religions Dominantes [8]
Chapter I. Concerning God, 6 paragraphs.
Chapter II. Reasons, etc., 11 paragraphs.
Chapter III. Religious, 9 paragraphs.
"Les prêtres ne sont pas ce qu'un vain peuple pense
Notre crédulité fait toute leur science."
Priests are not what vain people think,
Our credulity makes all their science.
Chapter IV. Moses, 2 paragraphs.
Chapter V. Jesus Christ, 10 paragraphs.
Paragraph 2. Politics; paragraph 6. Morals.
Chapter VI. Mahomet, 2 paragraphs.
Chapter VII. Evident Truths, 6 paragraphs.
Chapter VIII. The Soul, 7 paragraphs.
Chapter IX. Demons, 7 paragraphs.
Facing page twenty-seven is a medallion copper plate of Moses, around
which are these words (translated): "Moses saw God in the burning
bush," and beneath the following from Voltaire's Pucelle (translated):
Alone on the summit of the mysterious mount
As he desired, he closed his fortieth year.
Then suddenly he appeared upon the plain
With buck's horns [9] shining on his forehead.
Which brilliant miracle in the mind of the philosopher
Created a prompt effect."
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