Product Description
While Britain has one of the richest atheistic histories in Europe, much of it is inaccessible. Thus many of the crucial texts are little known - such as the first avowed work of atheism in Britain, An Answer to Priestly (1782). Similarly, one of the most vigorous atheistic works, An Investigation of the Essence of the Deity (1797), is exceptioanlly rare. This collection makes these and other key works available. Included, among others, are works by Anthony Collins, John Toland, Percy Bysshe Shelley, George Ensor, J. S. Mill, Jeremy Bentham and George Grote, Charles Bradlaugh and G. W. Foote. The collection features a comprehensive general introduction and bibliographical introductions by David Berman, author of A Hsitory of Atheism in Britain (1988) which has become the definitive text on the subject.
About the Author
David Berman Fellow and Associate Professor at Trinity College, Dublin
