or,
A Preservative
Against Religious Prejudices.
Author of The System of Nature, The Social System, Good
Sense, Christianity Unveiled,
Ecce Homo, Universal Morality, Religious Cruelty, &c., &c., &c.
Translated from the French, by
Anthony C. Middleton, M.
D.
... "Arctis
Religionum animos nodis exsolvere pergo."
Lucretii De Rerum Natura, lib. iv. v.
6, 7.
Boston:
Published By Josiah P. Mendum,
At The Office Of The Boston
Investigator.
1857.
| PAGE | ||
| Letter I. |
Of the Sources of Credulity, and of the Motives which should lead to an Examination of Religion, | 1 |
| Letter II. |
Of
the Ideas which Religion gives us of the Divinity,
| 29 |
| Letter III. |
An
Examination of the Holy Scriptures, of the Nature of the Christian
Religion, and of the Proofs upon which Christianity is
founded,
| 46 |
| Letter IV. |
Of
the fundamental Dogmas of the Christian Religion,
| 76 |
| Letter V. |
Of
the Immortality of the Soul, and of the Dogma of another
Life,
| 91 |
| Letter VI. |
Of
the Mysteries, Sacraments, and Religious Ceremonies of
Christianity,
| 120 |
| Letter VII. |
Of
the pious Rites, Prayers, and Austerities of Christianity,
| 136 |
| Letter VIII. |
Of
Evangelical Virtues and Christian Perfection,
| 154 |
| Letter IX. |
Of
the Advantages contributed to Government by Religion,
| 184 |
| Letter X. |
Of
the Advantages Religion confers on those who profess it,
| 211 |
| Letter XI. |
Of
Human or Natural Morality,
| 233 |
| Letter XII. |
Of
the small Consequence to be attached to Men's Speculations, and the
Indulgence which should be extended to them,
| 255 |