Miracles and Idolatry by Theodore Besterman
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.
Voltaire's short, radical and iconoclastic essays on philosophical ideas from angels to idolatry, miracles to wickedness, make wry observations about human beliefs, and mock hypocrisy and extravagant piety - his call to his fellow men to act with reason and see through the lies they are fed by their leaders has provided inspiration to freethinkers everywhere.
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On the Shortness of Life
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Why I Write
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Meditations
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A Room of One's Own
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The Myth of Sisyphus
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The Prince
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Books v. Cigarettes
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The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
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Civilization and its Discontents
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
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Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
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Fear and Trembling
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On the Suffering of the World
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Why Look at Animals?
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What Is Existentialism?
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The Communist Manifesto
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When I Dare to Be Powerful
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Where I Lived, and What I Lived For
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How To Be a Stoic
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Night Walks
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Of Human Freedom
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On Suicide
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Man Alone with Himself
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On Art and Life
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Eichmann and the Holocaust
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Useful Work v. Useless Toil
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Tao Te Ching
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The Horrors and Absurdities of Religion
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On Liberty
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Confessions of a Sinner
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The City of Ladies
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Some Thoughts on the Common Toad
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The Art of War
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Nature
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On Friendship
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The Sickness Unto Death
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On the Pleasure of Hating
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On Solitude
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God is Dead. God Remains Dead. And We Have Killed Him.
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Decline of the English Murder
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Utopia
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A Confession
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Days of Reading
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The Social Contract
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The Power of Words
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Three Japanese Buddhist Monks
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Anarchist Communism
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The Freedom to Be Free
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141023922 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141023929 |
| Title | Miracles and Idolatry |
| Author | Theodore Besterman |
| Series | Penguin Great Ideas |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2005-08-25 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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