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Title: A Short History of Freethought Ancient and Modern, Volume 2 of 2
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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A SHORT HISTORY OF FREETHOUGHT ANCIENT AND MODERN, VOLUME 2 OF 2 ***
A SHORT HISTORY
OF
FREETHOUGHT
ANCIENT AND MODERN
BY
JOHN M. ROBERTSON
THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND EXPANDED
IN TWO VOLUMES
Vol. II
(ISSUED FOR THE RATIONALIST PRESS ASSOCIATION, LIMITED)
London:
WATTS & CO.,
JOHNSON'S COURT, FLEET STREET, E.C.
1915
CONTENTS
VOLUME II
PAGE
Chap. XIII--The Rise of Modern Freethought (continued)
§ 4. England. Persecution and executions under Henry VIII,
Edward VI, Mary, and Elizabeth. Charges of atheism. Lilly's
polemic. Reginald Scot on witchcraft. The Family of
Love. Hamond, Lewes, Kett. Apologetic literature. Influence
of Machiavelli. Nashe's polemic. Marlowe, Raleigh, Harriott,
Kyd. Protests of Pilkington and Hooker. Polemic of Bishop
Morton. Shakespeare. The drama generally. Executions under
James. Bacon. Suckling 1
§ 5. Popular Thought in Europe. Callidius. Flade. Wier. Coornhert.
Grotius. Gorlæus. Zwicker. Koerbagh. Beverland. Socinianism.
The case of Spain. Cervantes 32
§ 6. Scientific Thought. Copernicus. Giordano Bruno. Vanini.
Galileo. The Aristotelian strife. Vives. Ramus. Descartes.
Gassendi 41
Chap. XIV--British Freethought in the Seventeenth Century
§ 1. Lord Herbert of Cherbury. Hobbes. Selden 69
§ 2. The popular ferment: attempted suppression of heresy by
Parliament. Lawrence Clarkson. The Levellers and Toleration.
Forms of unbelief. The term "rationalist." Propaganda against
atheism. Culverwel. The Polemic of Henry More. Freethought at
the Restoration. The case of Biddle. The protests of Howe,
Stillingfleet, and Baxter. Freethought in Scotland. The
argument of Mackenzie. English Apologetics of Casaubon,
Ingelo, Temple, Wilkins, Tillotson, Cudworth, Boyle, and
others. Martin Clifford. Emergence of Deism. Avowals of
Archdeacon Parker, Sherlock, and South. Dryden. Discussion on
miracles. Charles Blount. Leslie's polemic. Growth of
apologetic literature. Toland. The Licensing Act 75
§ 3. Literary, scientific, and academic developments. Sir
Thomas Browne. Jeremy Taylor. John Spencer. Joseph Glanvill.
Cartesianism. Glisson. Influence of Gassendi.
Resistance to Copernican theory. Lord Falkland. Colonel
Fry. Locke. Bury. Temple. The Marquis of Halifax. Newton.
Unitarianism. Penn. Firmin. Latitudinarianism. Tillotson.
Dr. T. Burnet. Dr. B. Connor. John Craig. The
"rationalists" 100
Chap. XV--French and Dutch Freethought in the Seventeenth Century