The Original Atheists: First Thoughts on Nonbelief

by S.T. Joshi

This is the first anthology ever published to feature the writings of leading eighteenth-century thinkers on the subjects of atheism, religion, freethought, and secularism. Editor S. T. Joshi has compiled notable essays by writers from Germany, France, England, and early America.The contributors include Denis Diderot (a principal author of the multivolume FrenchEncyclopedie), Baron d'Holbach (System of Nature, 1770), Voltaire (Philosophical Dictionary),...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616148411
• ISBN13: 9781616148416
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.0"