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Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers

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Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers

by Charles Bradlaugh

English· 13:34:17· 24 chapters
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)

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Editor's Preface

    03:05
  2. Chapter 2

    Thomas Hobbes

    36:34
  3. Chapter 3

    Lord Bolingbroke

    32:57
  4. Chapter 4

    Condorcet

    33:30
  5. Chapter 5

    Spinoza

    35:37
  6. Chapter 6

    Anthony Collins

    33:38
  7. Chapter 7

    Descartes

    30:30
  8. Chapter 8

    Voltaire

    35:40
  9. Chapter 9

    John Toland

    34:34
  10. Chapter 10

    Compte De Volney

    39:22
  11. Chapter 11

    Charles Blount

    40:45
  12. Chapter 12

    Percy Bysshe Shelley

    28:50
  13. Chapter 13

    Claud Arian Helvetius

    39:38
  14. Chapter 14

    Frances W. D'Arusmont

    38:16
  15. Chapter 15

    Epicurus

    38:34
  16. Chapter 16

    Zeno the Stoic

    38:57
  17. Chapter 17

    Matthew Tindal

    37:34
  18. Chapter 18

    David Hume

    37:53
  19. Chapter 19

    Dr. Thomas Burnet

    37:17
  20. Chapter 20

    Thomas Paine

    34:43
  21. Chapter 21

    Baptiste De Mirabaud

    05:04
  22. Chapter 22

    Baron D'Holbach

    34:22
  23. Chapter 23

    Robert Taylor

    40:20
  24. Chapter 24

    Joseph Barker

    46:37