First published anonymously under a borrowed name, this attack by the Enlightenment’s most outspoken atheist examines the history of the Jews and the Church, Christian mythology, revelation and its proofs, the mysteries and rites, the scriptures and Christian morality and virtues, arguing that religion has served despotism rather than human happiness.
A key text of radical Enlightenment free thought, here in a revolutionary-era English translation. Download the free EPUB.