Free thought
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- Free thought -- Early works to 1800
- Free thought -- History
- Free thought -- Periodicals
- Freethought
- Thought, Free
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The Value of Free Thought: How to Become a Truth-Seeker and Break the Chains of Mental Slavery (Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1944), by Bertrand Russell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)- Ingersoll the Magnificent (New York: Freethought Press Association, 1957), by Joseph Lewis and Robert Green Ingersoll (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Defence of Free-Thinking in Mathematics, by George Berkeley (in Ireland)
- A Few Words About the Devil, and Other Biographical Sketches and Essays (New York: A. K. Butts and Co., 1874), by Charles Bradlaugh
- Flowers of Freethought, by G. W. Foote (HTML at Freethought Archives)
- Is the Bible Worth Reading? And Other Essays, by L. K. Washburn (HTML at infidels.org)
- Men, Women and Gods, and Other Lectures, by Helen H. Gardener (HTML at infidels.org)
- The Mistakes of Jesus, by William Floyd (HTML at infidels.org)
- The Nemesis of Faith (London: J. Chapman, 1849), by James Anthony Froude (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Searching for Truth (second edition; New York: Peter Eckler, c1902), by George Otis Draper (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Some Remarks on Mr. Walton's Appendix Which He Wrote in Reply to the Author of the Minute Philosopher, Concerning Motion and Velocity (1736), by John Hanna (PDF and other formats in Ireland)
- Why I Quit Going to Church, by Rupert Hughes (HTML at infidels.org)
- The Ten Commandments (c1946), by Joseph Lewis (HTML at Wayback Machine)
- The Tyranny of God (seventh edition; New York: Freethought Press Association, 1943), by Joseph Lewis (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Free Thought and Official Propaganda (New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1922), by Bertrand Russell
- Free Thought and Official Propaganda (London: Watts and Co., 1922), by Bertrand Russell
- The Berean: A Manual for the Help of Those Who Seek the Faith of the Primitive Church (Putney, VT: Pub. at the Office of the Spiritual Magazine, 1847), by John Humphrey Noyes (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Crimes of Christianity (only volume published), by G. W. Foote and J. M. Wheeler (HTML at Freethought Archives)
- Doubts in Dialogue, by Charles Bradlaugh (HTML at infidels.org)
- English Secularism: A Confession of Belief (US edition of "The Origin and Nature of Secularism...", with new preface; Chicago: Open Court, 1896), by George Jacob Holyoake, contrib. by Paul Carus (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Heresy, its Utility and Morality: A Plea and a Justification (London: Austin and Co., ca. 1870), by Charles Bradlaugh (Gutenberg text)
- Humanity's Gain From Unbelief (reprinted from the North American Review; London: Freethough Pub. Co., 1889), by Charles Bradlaugh (Gutenberg text)
- Is it God's Word?, by Joseph Wheless (text files at infidels.org)
- Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, by Robert Green Ingersoll
- On the Improvement of the Understanding, by Benedictus de Spinoza, trans. by R. H. M. Elwes (Gutenberg text)
- The Origin and Nature of Secularism: Showing That Where Freethought Commonly Ends Secularism Begins (London: Watts and co., 1896), by George Jacob Holyoake (page images at HathiTrust)
- Some Mistakes of Moses (tenth edition; Washington: C. P. Farrell, 1889), by Robert Green Ingersoll (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Why I Left the Ministry and Became an Atheist, by G. Vincent Runyon (HTML at infidels.org)
- When Were Our Gospels Written? (fourth edition; London: Freethought Pub. Co., 1881), by Charles Bradlaugh (Gutenberg text)
- Infidel Death-Beds (New York: Truth Seeker Company, ca. 1910), by G. W. Foote (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Theologico-Political Treatise, by Benedictus de Spinoza, trans. by R. H. M. Elwes
- A History of Freedom of Thought (c1913), by J. B. Bury (Gutenberg text)
- Freidenker (partial serial archives)
- The Comet (New York: H.M. Duhecquet, 1832-1833), by H. D. Robinson (full serial archives)
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Filed under: Rationalism- Minimal Theologies: Critiques of Secular Reason in Adorno and Levinas (open access edition Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019), by Hent de Vries, trans. by Geoffrey A. Hale (multiple formats with commentary at Project MUSE)
- Inspiration and Wisdom from the Writings of Thomas Paine (1954), by Thomas Paine, ed. by Joseph Lewis (HTML at Wayback Machine)
- Essays of a Biologist (second edition; London: Chatto and Windus, 1923), by Julian Huxley (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Age of Reason, by Thomas Paine (Gutenberg text)
- Christianity Not Mysterious: or, A Treatise Shewing That There is Nothing in the Gospel Contrary to Reason, Nor Above It, and That No Christian Doctrine Can be Properly Call'd a Mystery (second edition enlarged; London: Printed for S. Buckley, 1696), by John Toland (multiple formats at Google)
- The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testament with the Old (1813), by George Bethune English (Gutenberg text)
- History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe (2 volumes; 1865), by William Edward Hartpole Lecky (HTML at libertyfund.org)
- Studies in Rationalism, by E. Haldeman-Julius (HTML at infidels.org)
- The Theological Works of Thomas Paine (with a life of Paine by Blanchard; Chicago: Belford, Clarke, and Co.; St. Louis: Belford and Clarke, 1882), by Thomas Paine, contrib. by Calvin Blanchard (page images at HathiTrust)
- Three Discourses on the Religion of Reason, by Gerrit Smith (page images at MOA)
- Towards an Inclusive Democracy: The Crisis of the Growth Economy and the Need for a New Liberatory Project (London and New York: Cassell, c1997), by Takēs Phōtopoulos (PDF with commentary at inclusivedemocracy.org)
- The Diegesis: Being A Discovery of the Origin, Evidences, and Early History of Christianity (Boston: J. P. Mendum, 1860), by Robert Taylor (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Five Pebbles From the Brook: A Reply to "A Defence of Christianity", Written by Edward Everett (Philadelphia: Printed for the author, 1824), by George Bethune English (Gutenberg text)
- A Letter to the Reverend Mr. Channing, Relative to His Two Sermons on Infidelity (based on the 1813 edition), by George Bethune English (Gutenberg text)
- The Limits of Religious Thought Examined in Eight Lectures Delivered Before the University of Oxford (Boston: Gould and Lincoln; et al., 1859), by Henry Longueville Mansel (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Limits of Religious Thought Examined in Eight Lectures Delivered Before the University of Oxford (Boston: Gould and Lincoln; et al., 1860), by Henry Longueville Mansel
- Men, Women and Gods, and Other Lectures, by Helen H. Gardener (HTML at infidels.org)
- The Rationalist's Manual, by M. D. Aletheia (HTML at infidels.org)
- The Three Impostors, Translated (With Notes and Comments) From a French Manuscript of the Work Written in the Year 1716, With a Dissertation on the Original Treatise, and a Bibliography of the Various Editions (editorship attributed to Briggs; 1904), ed. by Samuel Briggs (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Wilhelm von Humboldts Geschichtliche Weltanschauung im Lichte des Klassischen Subjektivismus der Denker und Dichter von Königsberg, Jena, und Weimar (Leipziger Studien aus dem Gebiet der Geschichte, v. 7 #3, in German; Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1901), by Otto Kittel
- Reason in Religion, by Frederic Henry Hedge (page images at MOA)
- Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge and Truth, by Mirza Tahir Ahmad (HTML at alislam.org)
- Historias de la Corte Celestial, por un Sacristan Jubilado (in Spanish; Madrid: Imprenta popular, ca. 1891), by Narciso Campillo y Correa (page images at HathiTrust)
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