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Atheism, The Necessity of
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Atheism, The Necessity of, a prose pamphlet by P. B.
Shelley and his friend T. J.
Hogg, published anonymously at Oxford, 1811. Using the sceptical arguments of
Hume and
Locke, the authors smartly demolish the grounds for a rational belief in the Deity. The pamphlet ends with a flourishing ‘Q.E.D.’, as in a school-boy's exercise, which caused great offence, as did its title. It is probably the first published statement of atheism in Britain.
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Atheism, The Necessity of
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Atheism, The Necessity of, a prose pamphlet by P. B. Shelley and his friend T. J. Hogg , published anonymously...exercise, which caused great offence, as did its title. It is probably the first published statement of atheism in Britain.
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