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Age of Reason

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Age of Reason

by Thomas Paine

English· 8:11:05· 37 chapters
The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology, a deistic treatise written by eighteenth-century British radical and American revolutionary Thomas Paine, critiques institutionalized religion and challenges the inerrancy of the Bible. Published in three parts in 1794, 1795, and 1807, it was a bestseller in America, where it caused a short-lived deistic revival. British audiences, however, fearing increased political radicalism as a result of the French revolution, received it with more hostility. The Age of Reason presents common deistic arguments; for example, it highlights the corruption of the Christian Church and criticizes its efforts to acquire political power. Paine advocates reason in the place of revelation, leading him to reject miracles and to view the Bible as an ordinary piece of literature rather than as a divinely-inspired text. Yet, The Age of Reason is not atheistic: it promotes natural religion and argues for a creator-God. (Summary by Wikipedia)
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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Part First, Introduction

    01:28
  2. Chapter 2

    Part First, Section 1

    08:20
  3. Chapter 3

    Part First, Section 2

    10:28
  4. Chapter 4

    Part First, Section 3

    09:41
  5. Chapter 5

    Part First, Section 4

    10:56
  6. Chapter 6

    Part First, Section 5

    11:27
  7. Chapter 7

    Part First, Section 6

    10:11
  8. Chapter 8

    Part First, Section 7

    11:08
  9. Chapter 9

    Part First, Section 8

    12:14
  10. Chapter 10

    Part First, Section 9

    08:44
  11. Chapter 11

    Part First, Section 10

    12:31
  12. Chapter 12

    Part First, Section 11

    13:18
  13. Chapter 13

    Part First, Section 12

    13:35
  14. Chapter 14

    Part First, Section 13

    12:47
  15. Chapter 15

    Part First, Section 14

    13:12
  16. Chapter 16

    Part First, Section 15

    13:42
  17. Chapter 17

    Part Second, Preface

    09:46
  18. Chapter 18

    Part Second, Sections 1 & 2

    12:40
  19. Chapter 19

    Part Second, Section 3

    13:12
  20. Chapter 20

    Part Second, Section 4

    13:41
  21. Chapter 21

    Part Second, Section 5

    14:53
  22. Chapter 22

    Part Second, Section 6

    22:06
  23. Chapter 23

    Part Second, Section 7

    12:59
  24. Chapter 24

    Part Second, Section 8

    00:56
  25. Chapter 25

    Part Second, Section 9

    14:20
  26. Chapter 26

    Part Second, Section 10

    15:50
  27. Chapter 27

    Part Second, Section 11

    16:47
  28. Chapter 28

    Part Second, Section 12

    13:09
  29. Chapter 29

    Part Second, Section 13

    14:57
  30. Chapter 30

    Part Second, Section 14

    15:23
  31. Chapter 31

    Part Second, Section 15

    16:17
  32. Chapter 32

    Part Second, Section 16

    15:03
  33. Chapter 33

    Part Second, Section 17

    14:21
  34. Chapter 34

    Part Second, Section 18

    15:06
  35. Chapter 35

    Part Second, Section 19

    08:08
  36. Chapter 36

    Part Second, Section 20

    15:50
  37. Chapter 37

    Part Second, Section 21

    17:59