Age of Reason

by Thomas Paine

*Non-fiction Philosophy Political Science Religion

37 chapters8h 11mEnglish1807

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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)

Chapters (36)

1Part First, Section 1

500

2Part First, Section 2

628

3Part First, Section 3

581

4Part First, Section 4

656

5Part First, Section 5

687

6Part First, Section 6

611

7Part First, Section 7

668

8Part First, Section 8

734

9Part First, Section 9

524

10Part First, Section 10

751

11Part First, Section 11

798

12Part First, Section 12

815

13Part First, Section 13

767

14Part First, Section 14

792

15Part First, Section 15

822

16Part Second, Preface

586

17Part Second, Sections 1 & 2

760

18Part Second, Section 3

792

19Part Second, Section 4

821

20Part Second, Section 5

893

21Part Second, Section 6

1326

22Part Second, Section 7

779

23Part Second, Section 8

24Part Second, Section 9

860

25Part Second, Section 10

950

26Part Second, Section 11

1007

27Part Second, Section 12

789

28Part Second, Section 13

897

29Part Second, Section 14

923

30Part Second, Section 15

977

31Part Second, Section 16

903

32Part Second, Section 17

861

33Part Second, Section 18

906

34Part Second, Section 19

488

35Part Second, Section 20

950

36Part Second, Section 21

1079

Age of Reason

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