Age of Reason (version 2)Thomas Paine
Age of Reason (version 2)
The Age of Reason; Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology is a pamphlet, written by a British and American revolutionary Thomas Paine. The Age of Reason challenges institutionalized religion and challenges the legitimacy of the Bible, the central sacred text of Christianity. Published in three parts in 1794, 1795, and 1807, it was a bestseller in the United States, where it caused a short-lived deistic revival.
Part 1 was written sometime in 1793, and attacks the concepts of divine revelation and inspiration. He urged his readers to employ reason over revelation. Part 2 was written either during or shortly after his confinement in a French prison in 1794. In Part 2, Paine attacks the reliability of the Bible and points out numerous absurdities and contradictions. Part 3 was written in the United States sometime around 1800 but he delayed publication until 1807 for fears of violent backlash. Part 3 is an examination and rejection of the claims of prophecies concerning Jesus Christ. Although these arguments were commonly known amongst the educated elite, Paine wrote in simple and irreverent prose that was easily accessible to a mass audience. Paine argued against religion as it is revealed in the Bible, but he argued just as strongly for a Deistic religion and a Creator of Reason.
This Librivox recording of The Age of Reason is taken from Richard Carlile’s anthology of Paine’s writings, published in 1818. Carlile charged one shilling and sixpence for the work, and the first run of 1,000 copies sold out in a month. He immediately published a second edition of 3,000 copies. In 1819, Carlile was found guilty of blasphemy and seditious libel and sentenced to three years in Dorchester Gaol with a fine of £1,500. The prosecutions surrounding the printing of The Age of Reason in Britain continued for thirty years after its initial release and encompassed numerous publishers as well as over a hundred booksellers. (Summary by JoeD and wikipedia)
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48 capítulos
11 h 36 min
- 1 Part First, Section 19:15
- 2 Part First, Section 210:01
- 3 Part First, Section 39:26
- 4 Part First, Section 410:58
- 5 Part First, Section 511:59
- 6 Part First, Section 69:57
- 7 Part First, Section 711:33
- 8 Part First, Section 813:04
- 9 Part First, Section 98:31
- 10 Part First, Section 1012:15
- 11 Part First, Section 1112:51
- 12 Part First, Section 1213:20
- 13 Part First, Section 1312:52
- 14 Part First, Section 1413:36
- 15 Part First, Section 159:17
- 16 Part Second, Preface9:55
- 17 Part Second, Section 111:57
- 18 Part Second, Section 215:08
- 19 Part Second, Section 314:24
- 20 Part Second, Section 415:42
- 21 Part Second, Section 522:03
- 22 Part Second, Section 612:46
- 23 Part Second, Section 721:17
- 24 Part Second, Section 813:54
- 25 Part Second, Section 915:23
- 26 Part Second, Section 1017:44
- 27 Part Second, Section 1113:43
- 28 Part Second, Section 1217:08
- 29 Part Second, Section 1317:11
- 30 Part Second, Section 1417:20
- 31 Part Second, Section 1516:25
- 32 Part Second, Section 1615:58
- 33 Part Second, Section 1716:18
- 34 Part Second, Section 189:06
- 35 Part Second, Section 1917:49
- 36 Part Second, Section 2019:43
- 37 Part Third, Preface and Introduction8:42
- 38 Part Third, An Essay on Dreams22:30
- 39 Part Third, Section 124:20
- 40 Part Third, Section 219:40
- 41 Part Third, Section 319:27
- 42 Part Third, Section 419:00
- 43 Part Third, Section 514:28
- 44 Part Third, Section 615:00
- 45 Part Third, Section 723:05
- 46 Part Third, Section20:22
- 47 Part Third, Appendix - Contradictory Doctrines in the New Testament, Between Matthew And Mark5:09
- 48 Part Third, Appendix - My Private Thoughts on a Future State5:08
