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Age of Reason
Thomas Paine
The Age of Reason
by Thomas Paine
[1794]
Contents
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Title Page
Contents
Editor's Introduction with Some Results of Recent Researches
Part I
Chapter I. The Author's Profession of Faith.
Chapter II. Of Missions and Revelations
Chapter III. Concerning the Character of Jesus Christ, and His History
Chapter IV. Of The Bases of Christianity
Chapter V. Examination in Detail of the Preceding Bases
Chapter VI. Of the True Theology
Chapter VII. Examination of the Old Testament
Chapter VII. Of the New Testament
Chapter IX. In What the True Revelation Consists
Chapter X. Concerning God, and the Lights Cast on His Existence and Attributes by the Bible
Chapter XI. Of the Theology of the Christians; and the True Theology
Chapter XII. The Effects of Christianism on Education; Proposed Reforms
Chapter XIII. Comparison of Christianism with the Religious Ideas Inspired by Nature
Chapter XIV—System of the Universe
Chapter XV. Advantages of the Existence of Many Worlds in Each Solar System
Chapter XVI. Application of the Preceding to the System of the Christians
Chapter XVII—Of the Means Employed in all Time, and Almost Universally, to Deceive the Peoples
Recapitulation
Part II
Preface
Chapter I. The Old Testament
Chapter II. The New Testament
Chapter III. Conclusion