| 单词 | freethinker |
| 例句 | Vincenzio was something of a freethinker, by the standards of the day, and had no great love of the forms and rituals of the Church. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Bentley is thus, as his choice of name indicates, prepared to meet the freethinkers on common ground at least when it comes to witchcraft, while defending the established Church. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z My mother said the Márez clan was full of freethinkers, which was a blasphemy to her, but my father only laughed. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Discussing auditions for Biosphere 2 candidates, the genial and soft-spoken Allen says he looked for freethinkers, automatically eliminating people who followed others. ‘Spaceship Earth’ Review: A Mini-Planet With Mini-Planet Problems 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z As we climbed higher in the old town, he pointed out the houses where phonies and freethinkers lived or entertained themselves: William Burroughs, Paul Bowles, “the poor little rich girl” Barbara Hutton. T Magazine: The Aesthetes 2014-04-11T18:32:15Z The inquisitors then ventured further afield to enforce the pope’s dictates, particularly against conversos, Jewish converts, and secondarily, Christianized Muslims, Protestants and freethinkers. Books of The Times: ?God?s Jury? by Cullen Murphy - Review 2012-01-18T22:38:44Z Its 250 residents — mostly octogenarians — are “freethinkers, spiritual searchers, social and ecological activists, nihilists, and some of the few hippies still alive in the San Francisco Bay Area.” Isabel Allende’s ‘The Japanese Lover’: A tale of history and romance 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Using the chronology of Ivins’s life as a narrative spine, Engel delivers the up-close and personal, deploying archival material and interviews to fill in a picture of a bookish child turned freethinker. ‘Raise Hell’ Review: For Molly Ivins, Writing Was Fighting 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z I just like what he represents: A freethinker, going against the grain, speaking truth no matter if it costs you. Fashion Fans in Line, for a ‘Hack’ 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z The Amos track is an apt choice for framing some of the prevailing themes of the series, delineating between the boring and repressed “cornflake girls” and the more thrilling “raisin girls,” who are freethinkers. ‘Yellowjackets’ Season 2 Premiere Recap: Best Friends Forever 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z He thinks of himself as a man of the Enlightenment and a student of Voltaire, a rationalist and a freethinker who believes above all in the power of reason. Books of The Times: ‘Pure,’ a New Novel by Andrew Miller 2012-07-03T21:48:27Z About Those Visitors From Other Planets Before “The X-Files” there were cable-television U.F.O. shows, raising spooky questions and little shivers of wonder about the cosmos, with testimony from assorted astrophysicists and freethinkers. Movie Review: ‘Sirius,’ a Documentary Directed by Amardeep Kaleka 2013-05-30T23:23:20Z The emergence of ethics predicated on the workings of reason mirrored the rise of rational religion among freethinkers who sought to silence enthusiasm’s loud party. The man who made America: Reason, religion and the brilliant mind of John Locke 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z But they also tend to be venerated — by media, by campaigns — as freethinkers, tough customers, keepers of a rarefied common sense that exists above the partisan tug-of-war. In a year of political anger, undecided voters inspire a special kind of scorn 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z “Wrong” can feel like a tribute to the countless young artists and freethinkers who have had their tender egos crushed by someone who shouted “wrong” when they were right. John Baldessari: An Artist in a Class by Himself 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z “But Mark is the kind of person I love to associate with and love to be around: freethinkers who are untethered by what is going on. And who maybe go in and change things.” Hip-Hop Welcomes Veteran Fashion Designer Mark McNairy 2014-03-12T23:01:45Z Beatrice is a freethinker whose now-dead father placed her inheritance in a trust that can be released only upon her marriage, a state that Beatrice hopes never to enter. A novel to cure your ‘Downton Abbey’ withdrawal: ‘The Summer Before the War’ 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z While vengeful lovers, demented blackmailers and unscrupulous abortionists may represent universal types, the Yiddish press also gleefully reported on specifically Jewish affairs — like the pitched battles between Jewish freethinkers and so-called Sabbath enforcers. The Good Kind of Schmaltz 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z These freethinkers were members of a tiny vanguard. The man who made America: Reason, religion and the brilliant mind of John Locke 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z “But to the best extent that you can, you have to be a freethinker.” How a Writer With a Ph.D. in Psychology Became a Poker Champ 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Of course, rebels and freethinkers had always done this, but they were rare and often paid a price for their actions, even losing their lives. “Mad Men”: Joan did the right thing 2012-05-29T22:12:00Z All his subjects were of the same type: fiercely independent, sometimes contrarian, lonely freethinkers. Michael Wreszin, Biographer of American Radicals, Dies at 85 2012-09-16T00:41:10Z “The watch proved what an incredible freethinker he was,” he said. The Fetching Artistry of a Master Horologist 2012-11-23T13:00:40Z As the broader atheist community becomes larger and better organized, secularists and freethinkers have shown increasing interest in gathering together with likeminded people. Atheist churches: A new type of secular community 2013-12-03T16:23:00Z I won awards and recognition from organizations of “freethinkers” and humanists. Barbara Ehrenreich: My search for truth as a non-believer 2014-04-12T12:15:00Z The creators of Outlander want us to see Claire as a freethinker, and while she is on the surface, she’s also powerless against the romance genre’s inherent constraints against true feminism. Outlander Recap: Feminism and Time Travel in a Bodice-Ripping Romance? Sure! 2014-08-09T04:00:00Z The military, meanwhile, both reveres them as saviors and mistrusts them as freethinkers. ‘Manhattan’ and ‘The Knick’ Return to a Forward-Looking Past 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z This counterculture mecca on the Pacific Ocean has always attracted freethinkers and visionaries. Snapchat’s Disappearing Act Leaves Venice Beach Searching for Its Future 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z The place was populated by Marxists and anarchists, “churchmen and agnostics, freethinkers, Darwinists and spiritualists … and dress reform cranks.” Germans. Hoosiers. Canadians! How they shaped the Southern California we know today 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z A news release from the atheist and freethinker group said Mr. McBurnett responded via email, “The Facebook post has been removed, and the district will refrain from posting anything similar in the future.” Texas school district shelves prayer event after out-of-state atheist group protests 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z “They were freethinkers. ... I liked listening to them and hearing ideas exchanged.” The untold story of California's most iconic outdoor bookshop 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Partly because we admire rebels and freethinkers, those who give a Bronx cheer to the stuffy power elite in any field. Review | As we honor Shakespeare, scholars respond to questions about him 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z He had already moved to overhaul the leadership of the New College of Florida, a small liberal arts school in Sarasota that has struggled with enrollment, but calls itself a place for “freethinkers.” DeSantis Takes On the Education Establishment, and Builds His Brand 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z West is often described as a "freethinker," but in the political space, he isn't. Kanye's tragicomic, antisemitic Alex Jones meltdown: Absurdism in the service of fascism 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z “We raised them to be freethinkers, not realizing how free they were going to be,” Ms. Broe said. Family Ties. Political Divisions. 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z But then something goes wrong, and it’s the dissenters, the freethinkers, who diagnose the problem and devise the solutions. Opinion | Xi wants China to eclipse the U.S. He could be his own worst enemy. 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Among Kanye West’s defenders, the thinking goes like this: He is a genius, a freethinker, an elevated conscience. The exploitive anti-Blackness of Kanye West 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z This sort of rhetoric has become common among populist politicians — including in the United States — who portray themselves as freethinkers by bashing the ominous-sounding “establishment” or “elites.” Opinion | An early lesson in the British pound’s free fall 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z He was, according to Spate, a “passionately detached observer” — a freethinker who remained pointedly mute on the subject of politics. Perspective | Monet’s towering obsession Mr. Zaldívar said that he now considers himself “a freethinker of Christian origin with a Buddhist orientation.” How Mexico’s Top Justice, Raised Catholic, Became an Abortion Rights Champion 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z Repeated self-assertions of rebellion from these figures does not change the basic fact that they are, in reality, the opposite of freethinkers, rebels, or any of the other self-aggrandizing terms they may apply to themselves. The problem with the populists "free thinkers" — they are just lazy 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z West is often described as a “freethinker,” but in the political space, he isn’t. The exploitive anti-Blackness of Kanye West 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z “Pepe does not have the baggage here that he does in the 'real world,’ and I like working with utopians and optimistic freethinkers. Matt Furie is trying to reclaim his famous cartoon Pepe the Frog — through NFTs 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z As President Obama deliberated on whether to surge or not, I suggested that he should confer with broadminded critics outside the government, tough-minded freethinkers cut from the cloth of Mailer and McCarthy. Spilling ink and spilling blood: Fighting and writing against America’s forever wars 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z Around the time of the recent VE Day celebrations, the journalist and historian Max Hastings – something of a freethinker, but also someone with a classic establishment background – wrote a piece for the Times. 'Normal' life failed us. The coronavirus crisis gives us the chance to rethink a new economy | John Harris 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z Rogan, Weiss, and others are playing the same game, but for the mind: Selling the fantasy that one can be an "intellectual" and a "freethinker" without ever doing much in the way of actual thinking. The problem with the populists "free thinkers" — they are just lazy 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z “He’s a freethinker and has a great sense of humor. Odessa lacks a community spirit in many ways and Chris is trying to change that.” University of Texas professor pairs art with advocacy 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z It reverses last year’s decision by a district judge, who sided with the atheists, agnostics, freethinkers and humanists who sued. Pennsylvania House wins appeal in atheist prayer-policy suit 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z We’ve had closeted freethinkers as president but never one who was out and proud. Opinion | It’s time for us to have an unapologetic atheist in the Oval Office 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z The court ruled in favor of the American Humanist Association, a group that calls itself “the leading progressive voice in America on behalf of humanists, atheists, agnostics and freethinkers,” as well as three local residents. U.S. top court takes up religious dispute over Maryland cross 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z The area was an abandoned military base in 1971 when squatters broke down the barricades and occupied 84 acres of land, declaring “a self-governing society” of artists and freethinkers. In Anarchic Corner of Copenhagen, Police and Dealers Play Cat and Mouse 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z The area was an abandoned military base in 1971 when squatters broke down the barricades and occupied 84 acres, declaring “a self-governing society” of artists and freethinkers. In anarchic corner of Copenhagen, police and dealers play cat and mouse 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z No surprise, then, that so many “mobbings” are slickly converted into opportunities for grandstanding among self-styled freethinkers, their individuality under assault by the politically correct masses. Some Online ‘Mobs’ Are Vicious. Others Are Perfectly Rational. 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Friedman, a freethinker who had founded “intentional communities” while in college, was living in Silicon Valley at the time and was inspired to think big. Floating Cities, No Longer Science Fiction, Begin to Take Shape 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z “U.S.-supported media has to amplify the voice of the voiceless. Giving space to Arab and Muslim liberals, secularists, reformers and freethinkers is one thing MBN has to do.” U.S. programming in Arabic may soon see overhaul 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z That would be “openly secular,” a term that originates with the Secular Coalition of America, a nonprofit based in the nation’s capital for those who “identify” as atheist, agnostic, secular humanist, freethinker and secularist. Inside the Beltway: ‘MAGA Meetups’ for Donald Trump-loving conservatives 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z But, he added, Professor Shafarevich’s “subsequent turn to propaganda of anti-Semitism, of course, undermines his authority as an intellectual, as a freethinker.” Igor Shafarevich, Russian Mathematician With a Mixed Political Legacy, Dies at 93 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z No churches or saloons were allowed, just fellow freethinkers who didn’t want to be pestered in the 1880s by opposing views. It’s hard to find a liberal resident in Liberal, Missouri 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z In Winchester, he talks to his old buddy Tom, once an acid-dropping freethinker and now a Fox News-watching Republican, and to Nancy, a forklift driver whose life is dominated by her church. Reaching for perspective: books to make sense of the new world order | Jeff Sparrow 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z One of Colonial America’s most important freethinkers has a new role as a marketing tool for the place he settled 380 years ago. To help draw business, a state looks back to its 1636 roots 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z Noah was, even then, according to friends, a pacifist and a freethinker. For Knicks’ Joakim Noah, Principled Stand Isn’t a Novelty 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z She also identifies as a freethinker, one who forms opinions about religion based on reason. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Everybody says they want a maverick candidate, a freethinker who tells it like it is. No reward for honesty on Trump in state’s GOP enclave 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z “Are they engaging in groupthink? I thought they were ‘freethinkers’ but I don’t know.” Ambitious Atheists Aim for Huge D.C. Rally as Johnny Depp Bails from Pulpit 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The Antelope Valley Freethinkers planned to offer $1,750 to students who wrote essays about "being a young freethinker in Antelope Valley," according to the suit. Groups sue Antelope Valley school district over atheist scholarships 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Since taking power around three years ago, President Xi has cracked down on dissent, locking up hundreds of freethinkers and cementing his reputation as China’s most powerful leader in decades. China's Search for Dissidents Has Expanded Overseas 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Threats of violence against freethinkers in Bangladesh were common, but at that point they had seldom been carried out. The Price of Secularism in Bangladesh 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z And if we, the freethinkers, don’t stay we leave the country in the hands of the fundamentalists. The Islamist War on Bloggers 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z These writers had carved out some space for freethinkers to thrive. Salon’s Richard Dawkins peace summit: “I am against all religion … I think I’d call myself a lover of truth. I’m intolerant of bullsh*t” 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z It’s not a moral judgment on my part; it’s just always painful watching people posturing as wild freethinkers, unfettered by convention. Ashley Madison has a stupidity factor – men | Barbara Ellen 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z Her daughter said Mrs. Gaylor’s tombstone will read “Feminist — activist — freethinker.” Anne Nicol Gaylor, started Freedom From Religion Foundation, dies at 88 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Until he was stabbed multiple times with a kitchen knife and forced to flee to Europe two years ago, Asif Mohiuddin was a leading member of Bangladesh’s ‘‘freethinker’’ movement and the country’s best-known secular provocateur. The Price of Secularism in Bangladesh 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z He was part of a small, lively, embattled group of Bangladeshi freethinkers. The Free-Speech Crisis 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z “Avijit was an inspiration to countless other freethinkers, in Bangladesh and around the world, and he was an inspiration to me.” Bangladeshi-American Writer Killed by Machete-Wielding Assailants 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Organizers with Openly Secular see the bans as evidence of the quiet bigotry and discrimination faced by many atheists, agnostics, humanists and freethinkers. In Seven States, Atheists Push to End Largely Forgotten Ban 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z The lawsuit states that the Humanist Association is an organization that advocates progressive values and equality for humanists, atheists and freethinkers. Local digest: A roundup of D.C. area news briefs There also were Catholics, Jews, Deists, and “freethinkers,” or atheists. Religious Liberty Is The First Freedom: Hobby Lobby Shows How Expansive Government Is Religious Liberty's Worst Enemy 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z Though he found that group dogmatic in its own way — more concerned with criticizing religion than with reinforcing sobriety — he subsequently discovered a meeting for humanists and freethinkers. On Religion: Alcoholics Anonymous, Without the Religion 2014-02-22T01:56:09Z For 40 years, the building has been a meeting place and way station for freethinkers and political firebrands. Emptying a Building Long Home to Activists 2014-01-17T03:47:54Z The coalition lobbies for atheists, agnostics, humanists, freethinkers, etc. Sally Quinn: My National Day of Prayer petition? Reason. 2013-05-02T21:07:55Z In fact, some leaders within the humanist movement — an umbrella term for those who call themselves atheists, agnostics, secularists and freethinkers, among other terms — are ruefully and self-critically saying the same thing themselves. On Religion: On Religion: Where Are the Humanists? 2012-12-28T17:19:56Z In 2009, he started driving 30 minutes south to attend freethinker meetings in Hagerstown. There really is a war on Christmas! 2012-12-23T13:00:00Z This meeting, as the parting phrase suggests, is one of a growing number within A.A. that appeal to nonreligious people in recovery, who might variously describe themselves as agnostics, atheists, humanists or freethinkers. On Religion: Alcoholics Anonymous, Without the Religion 2014-02-22T01:56:09Z The freethinkers of the sixties were swimming against the tide but now their ideas of environmental sustainability are mainstream. Findhorn marks 50 years 2012-11-17T00:42:04Z This freethinker doesn’t even tune his guitar strings the usual way. Here Comes the Techonomy Conference 2012-11-09T21:34:13Z And the enemy ranged from communists, Freemasons, and freethinkers to Catalan and Basque nationalists, most of them decent human beings whose clubs were rooted in local cultural identities. Soccer’s Spanish Fury 2012-07-09T05:00:00Z Here he had to encounter bitter opposition from the orthodox clergy and their followers, among whom he was regarded as a freethinker. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z This man was evidently a freethinker, and, to show his contempt for the superstitious veneration paid to Ceres’ trees, took his ax and cut down one of her sacred oaks. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z One of a sect of freethinkers among the Mohammedans. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z America is no more a Christian than a Jewish nation or a nation of freethinkers. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z Those who have faith are satisfied with their arguments, but they do not so powerfully impress freethinkers, who have the misfortune to reason. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z Materialism is not rare; deism and Socinianism are very common; and a set of freethinkers, great admirers of Voltaire and Rousseau, Bayle and Mirabeau, seem bent upon destroying Christianity and government. Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z Frederick the Second protected the Arabs, and even aped them; Ghibeline indeed almost signified freethinker. Science and Medieval Thought The Harveian Oration Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians, October 18, 1900 2012-02-22T03:00:23.620Z There are ten times as many freethinkers as there were five years ago. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z He set up for a freethinker; and his few neighbours who had heard of Voltaire called him a Voltairian. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z He was born of Jewish parents, but, like only too many of his race, grew up to become a freethinker and a scoffer, rejecting all faiths as idle superstitions. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z He compiled a chronological table of the principal freethinkers of the last three centuries, a galaxy of names that adds lustre to the pages of literature, science, poetry and reformed religion. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z But very often mayors have interdicted, and permanently, only Catholic processions, while they permit freethinkers to pass through the streets in parades that are dangerous to the public. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z Therefore they killed the freethinker, or rather the free talker, in self-defence. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z For the last forty years the book has thus been identified with freethought, advertised by leading freethinkers, published under the sanction of their names, and sold in the headquarters of freethought literature. Fruits of Philosophy A Treatise on the Population Question 2011-12-03T03:00:10.910Z In the same way, freethinkers as a rule despise clergymen as hypocrites who for the sake of a living sell their souls and preach doctrines which they cannot honestly believe. English Secularism A Confession Of Belief 2011-11-24T03:00:50.030Z The writings of freethinkers are widely disseminated among the working classes. The Book Of God In The Light Of The Higher Criticism 2011-11-24T03:00:46.897Z They do not know that freethinkers, infidels, are to-day the leaders of the intellectual armies of the world. Trial of C. B. Reynolds For Blasphemy Defence by Robert G. Ingersoll, at Morristown, N. J., May 1887 2011-11-24T03:00:42.437Z The Watchman, in effect, says that a devout robber is better than an infidel; that a penitent murderer is superior to a freethinker, in the sight of God. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z This view has been more recently adopted by some freethinkers of the present day. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z Many stories are told of the debauched life which he led in the company of zindíqs, or freethinkers, a class of men whose opinions we shall sketch in another chapter. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z He had been condemned by many as a freethinker; for to be obedient to the divine prompting has ever been stigmatized as lawlessness by those who are obedient to a written code. Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:34.213Z You may imagine this man’s horror when he heard who I was; that the charming Miss Clairmont, the model of good sense, accomplishments, and good taste, was brought, issued from the very den of freethinkers. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z What do you think as a freethinker of the Sunday question in Cincinnati? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z Parties such as the socialists, democrats and freethinkers are but tools for the Jewish plan to power. The International Jew The World's Foremost Problem 2011-10-16T02:00:19.257Z Alá was pronounced by the majority to be a freethinker and materialist, he did not lack defenders who quoted chapter and verse to prove that he was nothing of the kind. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z There is indeed a conscientious originality in the freethinkers who successively availed themselves of the era of liberty secured by Blount. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z Alongside of this philosophy, and deriving its weapons from it for attack upon theology and the church, a number of freethinkers also make their appearance. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z They are the freethinkers of the unlettered classes, however, and their ideas no doubt have some influence in preparing these classes for socialist principles. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z Better let a lad grow up a thief and a drunkard, than turn him into an artizan and a freethinker. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z Then, on the other hand, there are freethinkers, who oppose in particular the stubborn dogma of Islam, reject positive religion, and acknowledge only the moral law. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z Had he not died in the same year, at the age of forty-five, Gilbert Wakefield might have become a standard-bearer of the freethinkers. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z The great king of Prussia Frederick II., a.d. 1740-1786, surrounded by French freethinkers Voltaire, D'Argens, La Metrie, etc., wished every man in his kingdom to be saved after his own fashion. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z Because all men, freethinkers as well as theologians, have failed to see what religion really consists in. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z It is now the freethinkers’ turn to pillage heaven by their audacious impiety and scientific analysis. God and the State 2011-07-02T02:00:10.230Z This lover of liberty, this gentle rebuker of kings, was of the freethinkers, at least in the sympathy of political thought. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z When Richard Carlile entered prison it was as a captive deist; when he came out the freethinkers of England were generally atheists. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z As Lady Le Baut, for the rest, liked nothing so much as prayer-books and freethinkers, she now compensated for the latter with the former. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography 2011-05-14T02:00:08.440Z They fall before the thinker into irretrievable ruin, and therefore the freethinker imagines he has destroyed religion. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z Voltaire, on the contrary, at once a freethinker and a deist, suited it very well. God and the State 2011-07-02T02:00:10.230Z At the same time, they were the first jurists -10-and the hardiest, if not the most philosophical, freethinkers of Europe. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z There had been a good deal of odium incurred at first by a society which satisfied neither the pious nor the freethinkers, but it found a strong friend on the Directory. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z His father was a gentleman, a philosopher, a freethinker,--a visionary, if you will. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z By some people he was set down as a freethinker, and by others as a Roman Catholic. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z But here steps in Satan, the eternal rebel, the first freethinker and the emancipator of worlds. God and the State 2011-07-02T02:00:10.230Z The Italians of the age in which he lived, were freethinkers without ceasing to be Catholics. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z In view of the pious raids on Paine's death-bed, freethinkers have not been quite fair. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z A Christian cannot be a freethinker, and a freethinker cannot be a Christian. Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays 2011-03-12T03:00:23.783Z Examples: Titus chooses infidels and freethinkers for his friends and intimates, understanding their character and bad influence. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z He was a freethinker and a pessimist and his Luzumiyyat reads like a work of one of our rational poets. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z The Protestant reformers and other freethinkers had stopped far short of this. Through Nature to God 2010-12-24T03:00:36.410Z Passages and sentences from these little essays have long been a familiar currency among freethinkers. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z To be a freethinker is to search for truth without fear. Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays 2011-03-12T03:00:23.783Z An implicit belief in magic is entertained by almost all Muslims; and he, among them, who denies its truth, they regard as a freethinker, or an infidel. The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments Pope says of the freethinker, that he may be "all things in an hour." Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician God himself arranged it so, and it is useless for the freethinkers to maintain the contrary. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 The object of this letter was to obtain from Rush, for publication, some abuse of Paine; but the answer honored Paine, save for his heresy, and is quoted by freethinkers as a tribute. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z Where does the freethinker have equal rights with the Christian, equal freedom, equal justice? Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays 2011-03-12T03:00:23.783Z There are two descriptions of magic; one is spiritual, and regarded by all but freethinkers as true; the other, natural, and denounced by the more religious and enlightened as deceptive. The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments Just as the freethinker is now very orthodox in religious matters, and in a day or an hour quite out at sea. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician His speech might with propriety have been designated the Gospel of Progress, for Hans Shund had made capital of whatever freethinkers had lucubrated in behalf of so-called enlightenment, and in opposition to Christianity. The Progressionists, and Angela. So much even a monarchy with an established church could do for a republican author, and a freethinker; for Bonneville had published heresies like those of Paine. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z Nay more, he associated with a notorious freethinker, Mylius, and in concert with him had contributed to various journals and periodicals. The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise Consequently I could not condescend to regard myself as a bit of dung or mud, a dog or a pig, in the humble manner of freethinkers. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second He was certainly a good scholar, and he was also a decided freethinker. A Short History of French Literature What a contemptible thing the rod must have been in the eyes of that Egyptian freethinker; the idea of delivering three millions of slaves with a rod! To The Work! To The Work! Exhortations to Christians In particular he persecuted mercilessly the Manichaeans and all kinds of freethinkers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" You are a free man, a freethinker; you are not to be humbugged. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine She was a vigorous freethinker to the end of her days. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) The Gassendian school soon gave birth to a small but influential school of materialist freethinkers. A Short History of French Literature His measures were genuinely neutral, but his reputation as a Voltairian freethinker and a freemason inevitably afforded his opponents an excuse for their charges. A History of the Third French Republic Nothing could be rarer than a freethinker, even after Voltaire's day. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels The only reflection occupying the teacher's thoughts during the ceremony was, "Would that all freethinkers could meet death with equal confidence!" Black Forest Village Stories He by no means meant to contend with some freethinkers, who, to upset the Mosaic cosmogony, asserted that the different races of men were not fruitful if intermixed beyond a given and very near point. Discussion on American Slavery We democrats, professed republicans, and more than suspected revolutionaries, are not credited by the majority with a great reverence for religious dogma; we are generally branded as absolute freethinkers, not to say atheists. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections He has shown himself alternately as socialist and royalist, realist and romanticist, freethinker and believer, cosmopolitan and national, according to the lyric enthusiasm of the moment. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 He was an agnostic, a term commonly employed by the modish to avoid the odious one of freethinker. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels The dispute here, in short, resolves itself into a question of terminology; and it is quite likely that many men of science, and many freethinkers, have used lax terminology. Rationalism "You are notorious as a freethinker," answered the mother, "and you will not succeed in clouding our clear conviction." The Pictures; The Betrothing Novels Clough, who had been elected to an Oriel fellowship, threw it up in 1848, turned freethinker, and became the head of an educational institution in London called University Hall. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) Several letters which I have lately received give me information, that some well-disposed persons have taken offence at my using the word "freethinker" as a term of reproach. The Tatler, Volume 3 I am not like you, a spirit in revolt, a freethinker, a revolutionary. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels The name ‘rationalist,’ in short, has come to mean for most people in this country very much what ‘freethinker’ used to mean for those who did not employ it as a mere term of abuse. Rationalism Rousseau was a freethinker, but Rousseau had his daughters baptized all the same. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) Even the freethinker cannot gaze without emotion on the shrines of a religion which has so largely affected the destinies of humanity and the currents of the world's history. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century This place was filled with hypocrites, pedants, freethinkers, and prating politicians; with a rabble of those who have only titles to make them great men. The Tatler, Volume 3 Faith protects him against the seduction of the marvellous, he leaves credulity to freethinkers. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels And yet Sprenger is a freethinker: he is sceptical about old receipts! La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages Upon another occasion, among the curious spectators in the church at Ars was a highly educated freethinker, a mocker at religion, of the Voltaire stamp. The Life of Blessed John B. Marie Vianney, Curé of Ars With a Novena and Litany to this Zealous Worker in the Vineyard of the Lord I have seen men set up for freethinkers who were born not to think at all. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. “There is an omen for you,” said Northmour, who, like all freethinkers, was much under the influence of superstition. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) You think like an intellectual, you speak like a freethinker, you have theories which reek of radicalism and Combeism and all ignoble systems. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels Among his papers there had been found a manuscript condemning the celibacy of priests, and those who called him a wizard themselves believed him to be a freethinker. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages Father Vianney looked him squarely in the eyes, and under that piercing glance the freethinker sank upon his knees. The Life of Blessed John B. Marie Vianney, Curé of Ars With a Novena and Litany to this Zealous Worker in the Vineyard of the Lord Not only have freethinkers been moulded by it, but it has produced lasting effects on those who have loved the faith of Christ. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion We are a little Jacobin, for anything I know—a little freethinker, in good earnest. Shirley So that if to believe things upon no authority, or without any reason, be an argument of credulity, the freethinker will appear to be the most easy, credulous creature alive. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) The Catholic of the most ultramontane stamp is there, as well as the Jew, the Protestant, and the freethinker. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 Collins, the freethinker, met a plain countryman going to church. Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order England rang with the triumphs of her ally, Frederick of Prussia, and, by a perversion peculiarly British, the scoffing freethinker became the "Protestant hero" in both church and taproom. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 And, laughing as if he had achieved a blasphemy, and unconscious of the shadow of doom, the gay old freethinker disappeared. Dreamers of the Ghetto A freethinker of the educated class, or a private of Socialistic tendencies, on the other hand, would insist that the strain must make men restless, irritable, more eager for their rights, less tolerant of control. Another Sheaf But it was not merely the vulgar among freethinkers who then substituted sophistry and declamation for honesty and sense. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 Dissenters and freethinkers have found themselves side by side in many struggles. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice Throughout, the poet and man of taste struggles against the philosophic freethinker: he loves the surface impressions, perhaps the reflective illusions; "his sentiments are worth more than his ideas." The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 The author credits the above article to the above-named magazine, so we may rely upon it as the freethinker's own presentation of his theory in its early history. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 11, November, 1880 Few of them were religious men; several of them, like Perugino, were freethinkers. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome A coachman—in civil life—a socialist, a freethinker, a wit, he was the apex of—shall we say?—determination. Tatterdemalion And yet, with his strong religious beliefs, he could not turn towards the freethinkers. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice A Liberal of the forties and fifties, a freethinker and atheist, he may have been led on by boredom or the hope of frivolous diversion. The Brothers Karamazov They studied French, read Voltaire, and drew inspiration from the works of the English freethinkers. Jewish Literature and Other Essays They were not freethinkers, and their object was not to oppose orthodoxy as such. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy The lectures, he says, which form the substance of the book, were given at a time when 'enlightened zeal for liberty' was associated with the 'reckless boldness of the uncompromising freethinker.' The English Utilitarians, Volume I. Par parenthese, that word freethinker is another of the terms conventionally abused. Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy When Guizot called Lamennais a malefactor, because he threw off his cassock and became a freethinker, Scherer, whose course had been some way parallel, observed: "He little knows how much it costs." Lectures on the French Revolution Those who have been abroad are apt to return home freethinkers, because the spectacle of the practical working of Christianity is not conducive to faith among so shrewd a people as the Japanese. The Critic in the Orient At the time it was a bold innovation, the delight of all freethinkers and men of progress, of all who desired to serve the future. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church He has not yet quite promised to pay me a visit,—he is evidently afraid of me as a German and freethinker, and is afraid “to be catechised.” Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities These essays were furnished by a society of nine literary gentlemen, who were called a set of freethinkers by some, and the 'Hell Fire Club' by others. Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Yet all these fractions of opinion were called Liberal: Montesquieu, because he was an intelligent Tory; Voltaire, because he attacked the clergy; Turgot, as a reformer; Rousseau, as a democrat; Diderot, as a freethinker. Lectures on the French Revolution There are peculiar beliefs, foreign to every dogma and every religious feeling, from which the most radical freethinker is not exempt; for example, the superstitions of gamblers. Essay on the Creative Imagination It was soon known to Bertram's world that those who regarded him as a freethinker did him no great injustice. The Bertrams He was a freethinker in a bad sense. A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 The Quaker shared many of the views upon practical questions which were favoured by the freethinker. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill On the subject of religion he did not suffer himself to be permanently led away by the enthusiasm of a young and bold freethinker. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 It would be interesting to know what the homely fathers thought of him, this dreadful freethinker and satirist committed to their care for instruction. Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets She, according to her own lights, would have placed freethinkers in the same category with murderers, regicides, and horrid mysterious sinners who commit crimes too dreadful for women to think of. The Bertrams Woman is formed for pity and religion; and a woman without religion is monstrous; and a woman who is a freethinker is more disgusting than a woman with a beard. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science The Whig noble was generally more or less of a freethinker; and upon such topics Holland House differed little from Queen's Square Place, or differed only in a rather stricter reticence. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill So he sat morosely in his subterranean shop, pasted and folded and quarrelled with his lot, and in his hours of leisure read the writings of socialists and freethinkers. The Goose Man Another spirit informed Sir A. Doyle that he had been a freethinker, but "had not suffered in the next life for that reason." Science and Morals and Other Essays If christianity were once abolished, how could the freethinkers, the strong reasoners, and the men of profound learning, be able to find another subject so 199calculated, in all points, whereon to display their abilities? The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II "Suppose all this were not true, if there were nothing in it, if I were deceiving myself, what if the freethinkers were right?" En Route I liked Baptiste; he was by conviction an anarchist, by prejudice a freethinker; one shrug of his shoulders disposed of the institutions of this world, another relegated the next to the limbo of delusions. The King's Mirror Only an ignorant and fanatical freethinker from the country town of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators In politics he was something of a Socialist, in religion a freethinker. The Lost Girl Frederick was a freethinker, a scientist, a poet, and a wit well worthy of the companionship of Voltaire. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 I will add that certain of these phenomena, which make freethinkers smile, have been renewed and have been verified quite recently. En Route This was very striking from a man who was a pronounced freethinker, who always applauded every anti-clerical attack in the Chamber with a vigorous "Hear, hear." The Lost Child Again and again the scoffers and freethinkers rose up before his thoughts: he must refute their objections, and not until that was done did he become himself. Christian Gellert's Last Christmas From "German Tales" Published by the American Publishers' Corporation As for a freethinker or infidel, he was pointed at in the streets; and if a man had even seen a “Deist,” he spoke of it as if he had beheld a murderer. Memoirs On the other hand, good-humoured enthusiasts, Teutomaniacs by upbringing and freethinkers by reflexion, seek for our history of freedom beyond our history in the Teutonic primeval woods. Selected Essays We freethinkers have no such court of appeal. True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best At which the eyes of M. Godefroy, the freethinker, the hardened capitalist, and blas� man of the world, filled with tears. The Lost Child Walpole was a thorough Whig and a freethinker, so long, at least, as freethinking did not threaten danger to comfortable sinecures bestowed upon the sons of Whig ministers. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century Another part of them are freethinkers, uniting with nobody and letting their children grow up in the same way. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod The freethinkers of Italy created a literature never equaled for bold cynicism. Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day Voltaire and Rousseau have the double title to hatred of being Frenchmen and freethinkers. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) It is with a great deal of regret that the freethinker contemplates the attitude of such scientists as Jeans, Eddington, Millikan, and the philosopher Professor Whitehead. The Necessity of Atheism In both countries the study of earlier English literature, of the English deists and freethinkers, of Shakespeare and of Richardson, had had great influence, and had been the occasion of new developments. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century Be a freethinker, if you will, on the devil, the deep sea, and the sunrise, but repress yourself in the trifles. Journeys to Bagdad There were no women skeptics or freethinkers; they would have been impossible in the society of that day. Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day He dislikes an infidel because his repose is disturbed by the arguments of freethinkers. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) And it is the duty of the freethinker clearly to point out why this confusion has arisen. The Necessity of Atheism Some of his disciples, however, became freethinkers in the technical sense, and held that revelation was needless, and that in point of fact no supernatural revelation had been made. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century Hence the freethinker was right, and the longer he continues to repose his faith in ancient comic clichés the greater will be his success. A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions While Arzachal was the greatest representative of Arab astronomy in the West, Umar Khayam, the astronomer, mathematician, freethinker, and poet, was its greatest representative in the East, in Persia, where he died A.D. Arabic Authors A Manual of Arabian History and Literature The Analogy was written to counteract the practical mischief which he considered wrought by deists and other freethinkers, and the Sermons lay a good deal of stress on everyday Christian duties. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" The campaign for liberation of the slaves was therefore inaugurated by a freethinker, and triumphantly closed by another freethinker, Abraham Lincoln. The Necessity of Atheism He showed, indeed, the prejudice entertained by many of the rationalist divines for the freethinkers who were a little more outspoken than himself. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series It was with gay voluptuaries, freethinkers, and revellers, that Eustace must converse; at a distance from those whose wisdom might govern his impetuosity, and whose steady principles would correct his backslidings. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel He was a freethinker, who joked about the precepts of Islam. Arabic Authors A Manual of Arabian History and Literature Generally they are devout Roman Catholics; when not they are apt to become freethinkers, and a freethinkers' alliance has been formed among them. Aliens or Americans? The freethinkers hold to the view of Xenophanes who denounced the public faith as an ancient blunder which had been converted by time into a national imposture. The Necessity of Atheism In such circles Pope might have been expected to imbibe a Jacobite and Catholic horror of Whigs and freethinkers. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series To superficial people it was quite often used synonymously with "infidel" and "freethinker," both words of reproach. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists You can't give a freethinker a book with a statement of what he must find in it. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers He was a freethinker, and saw life with a wide vision that embraced the whole horizon. The Loom of Youth Absolutely and proportionately smaller numbers of criminals are freethinkers. The Necessity of Atheism There is no evidence of his familiarity with the widely diffused works of the freethinkers, and as far as I am aware he does not quote or refer to them even once. Gibbon She was an emphatic freethinker, and had then no belief whatsoever in a future life. Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter And what is the modernist, who would embrace it all, but a freethinker, with a sympathetic interest in religious illusions? Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion Rabelais, well met—our souls are very good company for one another; we both were great wits and most audacious freethinkers. Dialogues of the Dead And this not only by the steadily increasing army of freethinkers, but by the indifference and neglect of those who still cling to the fast slipping folds of religious creeds—- the future freethinkers. The Necessity of Atheism The freethinkers of France have taught mankind the doctrines of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity. Superstition In All Ages (1732) Common Sense Religious people, of course, refer to his loss of faith at Oxford; for I regret to say the Professor has been an habitual freethinker these many years. Masques & Phases It has met with only too much applause amongst the so-called freethinkers, and M. de Preissac, a soldier and man of wit, who dabbled in philosophy, at one time aired it publicly in his discourses. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil This, indeed, is the great art of the most celebrated freethinkers. Dialogues of the Dead The freethinker is today the one who beholds the vision, and this vision does not transcend the natural. The Necessity of Atheism Much in the same way there were many good people who would have very much liked to adopt violent physical measures against 'freethinkers' and 'atheists.' The English Church in the Eighteenth Century A stern Puritan, he is none the less a freethinker in the highest and best sense of the term. Life of John Milton He was known to be an advanced freethinker, a radical, and, perhaps, worse than a radical—a socialist. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster Now these are beginning to awake to the fact that the secular schools are thinning their flocks, and producing a large number of freethinkers in fact, if not in profession. Town Life in Australia That today it constitutes a cultural lag, an active menace to the best interests of humanity and the last refuge of human savagery, is the contention of the freethinker. The Necessity of Atheism He was set down by his opponents as 'a freethinker.' The English Church in the Eighteenth Century The writings of avowed freethinkers and libertines were devoured, and if any young man had the heroic courage to remonstrate, his words would be drowned in derision. The Young Priest's Keepsake It is an injury to him to let your Eminence know that he is a freethinker. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster These atheists eluded all that you could do: so will all freethinkers forever. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) The freethinker has as much use for physical force and war as he has for mental coercion; both are abhorrent to him. The Necessity of Atheism In this sense at least they were genuine 'freethinkers,' in that they freely expressed their thoughts without the slightest regard to what had been said or might be said by their friends or foes. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century Rachel herself appeared to dislike Jacob Worse, and Mrs. Garman could not bear the sight of him, since Pastor Martens had assured her that he was a freethinker. Garman and Worse A Norwegian Novel But provided that public morality, the darling of the real freethinker, were not scandalised, there would be no inherent wrong in doing away with Paolo. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster Some time ago a dinner was given in New York at which a well-known actor, who is something of a freethinker along theological lines, sat at the guest-table. More Toasts The time has passed when the freethinker could be held up to the community as an example of a base and degraded individual. The Necessity of Atheism He acknowledged himself a freethinker and a materialist, a character of rare occurrence in those ages, showing him to be as daring in his opinions as in his pursuits. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Side by side with, and in bitter hostility to, the earlier freethinkers lived the faquis or theologians. Christianity and Islam in Spain (756-1031) The young man promised to turn out a freethinker after Marzio's own heart, and showed a talent for his profession which left nothing to be desired. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster His book was denounced on all sides, even by freethinkers, who regarded it as a reproach to their cause. The Life of Froude Winthorpe—that's his name—had for years been a freethinker, far too intellectual and enlightened, and that sort of thing, you know, to believe any such old wives' tale as the Christian Religion. My Friend Prospero No modern freethinker could make a larger allowance for what is incidental, personal, and even material in them: we shall see that all his practical philosophy is bound up with this fact. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) Girard was a freethinker, and in leaving money to found a college devised that no preacher or priest should have anything to do with its management. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen Now Milton's Satan, I think, may be not unfitly described as a highly magnified realistic freethinker. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England He was, however, one of the most powerful opponents of the freethinkers of the time. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature And the freethinkers are right in that they are dogmatic. Principles of Freedom He showed the citadel of learning threatened with unholy invasion and falling helplessly into the hands of Jacobins and freethinkers. Daniel Webster The first is that the boy was a 'forger'; the second that he was a freethinker; the third that he was a free-liver. The Rowley Poems Such persons were for the most part freethinkers. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul POP—"A freethinker, my son, is any man who isn't married." Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations If Christianity were once abolished, how could the freethinkers, the strong reasoners, and the men of profound learning, be able to find another subject so calculated in all points whereon to display their abilities? The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 English freethinkers may be divided into two classes—those who have been educated and those who have had to educate themselves. In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays To what excess of imbecility, then, have we not seen these freethinkers fall, these apostles of independent reason, who on principle boast that they have no faith and no law! Delsarte System of Oratory The freethinkers were in advance of their times. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul Without infallibility, it is said, men will turn freethinkers and heretics; but don't they, with it? and what is the good of the engine if it will not do its work? Occasional Papers Selected from the Guardian, the Times, and the Saturday Review, 1846-1890 But I am of opinion, and dare be positive in it, that not one in an hundred of those who pretend to be freethinkers, are really so in their hearts. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 And then with regard to the Caldigates generally,—the elder of whom she knew to have been one of her husband's intimate friends in his less regenerated days,—she believed them to be infidel freethinkers. John Caldigate I do not mean, that his doubts were of that fixed and permanent nature, which have at different times induced men, of whom better might have been hoped, to pronounce themselves freethinkers on principle. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author Here she formed a connection—a marriage in all but the name—with George Henry Lewes, who was, like herself, a freethinker, and who published, among other things, a Biographical History of Philosophy. From Chaucer to Tennyson All we plead for is that when the opportunity meets the freethinker full in front, he is called upon to speak as freely as he thinks. On Compromise Plato was a freethinker, and his notions are so like some in the Gospel, that a heathen charged Christ with borrowing his doctrine from Plato. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 It is very hard for a freethinker to remain democratic. All Things Considered Al'ciphron, or The Minute Philosopher, the title of a work by bishop Berkeley, so called from the name of the chief speaker, a freethinker. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook As a proof that freethinking by no means corrupts character, Collins gives in conclusion a list of noble freethinkers from Socrates down to Locke and Tillotson. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time If a man systematically intrudes disrespectful and unwelcome criticism upon a woman who retains the ancient belief, he is only showing that freethinker may be no more than bigot differently writ. On Compromise Therefore nothing can be plainer, than that ignorance and vice are two ingredients absolutely necessary in the composition of those you generally call freethinkers, who in propriety of speech, are no thinkers at all. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 The free-thinking sons of pious parents and the Christian children of freethinkers have become almost proverbial. The Education of the Child Though far from orthodox,—indeed, a freethinker he may be termed, in matters of religious belief, his personal life was most exemplary, and his relations with his fellowmen were ever just, honorable, and upright. Thomas Jefferson, a Character Sketch So, when "freethinkers" tell us that religion and fanaticism are twins, we cannot make an unqualified denial of the charge. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature The modern freethinker does not attack it; he explains it. On Compromise Dr. South describes the incarnation of Christ, as an astonishing mystery, impossible to be conceived by man's reason; ergo, it is contradictory to itself, and to reason, and ought to be exploded by all freethinkers. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 On one side, the Church authorities denounced him as a freethinker; on the other, Voltaire ridiculed him as a devotee. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom This freethinker has so free a spirit that every philosophy he does not accept appears to him, not only ridiculous and grotesque, but criminal. The Psychology of Revolution Imagine a modern freethinker miraculously transported into the midst of the Middle Ages. The Crowd; study of the popular mind It is hard to see why a freethinker, who by reticence and conformity passes himself off for a believer, should be more leniently judged. On Compromise You are also to understand, that I allow no man to be a freethinker, any further than as he differs from the received doctrines of religion. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 He was an aggressive idealist, a freethinker, and, like most railroad men, deeply sentimental. The Song of the Lark He was one of the great humanitarian French freethinkers; and the only thing wrong with them is that they make mercy even colder than justice. The Innocence of Father Brown In actual modern Europe a freethinker does not mean a man who thinks for himself. Orthodoxy They were Presbyterians, the judge was a freethinker. The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson Plutarch was a freethinker, notwithstanding his being a priest; but indeed he was a heathen priest. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 Klingemann was silent, for he felt that further remarks on the subject of the mysterious visits of Frau Rupius to Vienna might not have been in keeping with his own reputation as a freethinker. Bertha Garlan This same struggle of opinion existed also in the mother-country, where the rising sect of "freethinkers" began to deny and deride all diabolical agencies. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 I exclude parsons who express heretical views in theology in the presence of a patron known to be a freethinker. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 The reference is to a group of freethinkers who came into prominence in King William's reign. The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems Now these freethinkers are too hard for the priests themselves in their own books; and how can it be otherwise? The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 To another broad Churchman, Charles Kingsley, partly from sympathy with this writer's imaginative power, he was more considerate; and one of the still deeply religious freethinkers of the time was among his closest friends. Thomas Carlyle Nor was this view confined to professed freethinkers. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 Against the last of these apprehensions, she is secured by a hearty address from the minute philosophers and freethinkers, one of whom speaks in the name of the rest. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 When evening fell, he made his way to the Caf� Quadri in the Square of St. Mark, since this was supposed to be the chief haunt of the freethinkers and revolutionists. Casanova's Homecoming It is the indispensable duty of a freethinker, to endeavour forcing all the world to think as he does, and by that means make them freethinkers too. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 This disguised freethinker, for he does not appear to me to be anything else, was one of the most original thinkers of the period intermediate between the Middle Ages and Descartes. Initiation into Philosophy Isoult, the demure little freethinker, had another secret god—him of the iris wings. The Forest Lovers In these moments her mind wandered in a maze of religious doubts and fears, and she entertained, unconsciously, enough of doctrinal scepticism to found a school of freethinkers. Nina Balatka That intellectual quickening which had made him a doubter in religious matters had made him also a freethinker in politics. Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints For instance, suppose More and Tillotson deny the eternity of hell torments, a freethinker may deny all future punishments whatsoever. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 The puerility of the freethinkers consists in believing that a free society can maintain itself and keep itself together without a common faith, without a religious prejudice of some kind. Amiel's Journal These were two sects among the Jews: of which the former were for the most part notorious hypocrites; the latter, a kind of freethinkers in matters of religion. The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 47: Matthew The Challoner Revision A Wagnerite may be a freethinker or a Catholic, an anarchist or a conservative. Youth and Egolatry A believer is a songless bird in a cage, a freethinker is an eagle parting the clouds with tireless wings. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc. The reason why the Whigs have taken the atheists, or freethinkers, into their body, is because they wholly agree in their political schemes, and differ very little in church power and discipline. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 He does not satisfy the believing Anglican, Lutheran, Reformed Churchman, or Catholic; and he does not satisfy the freethinker. Amiel's Journal He was a corrupter of virtue, an habitual drunkard and gamester, a notorious blasphemer and freethinker, a fitting companion for my Lord March, finally, and the company into whose society he had fallen. The Virginians "I won't say a word against the girl herself, but her father, as you know, is a freethinker." Married A puppy rending slippers, a child tearing up its picture books, a mungoose killing twenty chickens to feed on one, a freethinker demolishing ancient superstitions, what are they all but Dhobies in embryo? Behind the Bungalow Lastly, 'tis plain that Socrates was a freethinker, because he was calumniated for an atheist, as freethinkers generally are, only because he was an enemy to all speculations and inquiries into heavenly things. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 Analyzed to the bottom, the writer is a freethinker, but a free thinker whose flexible imagination still allows him the delicate epicurism of religious emotion. Amiel's Journal You claim to be a freethinker, and yet you conclude that you are an entire slave and even think as you do because you cannot help it. To Infidelity and Back He was considered a great freethinker among his colleagues, the priests. The Created Legend And then there are those fool priests!—I beg your pardon, Secretary, but, of course, you are a freethinker? Master Olof : a Drama in Five Acts He means I suppose, the controversy between us and the papists; for as to the freethinkers and dissenters of every denomination, they are some of the best friends to the cause. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 He was now, very likely, either a rigid Presbyterian or an extreme freethinker. While the Billy Boils That's the face of a freethinker, and I don't care who knows it. Children of the Bush All shades of thought could be found in the group, from the Catholic to the freethinker and the bolshevist—one of Froment's young friends professed to be of this opinion. Clerambault The Story of an Independent Spirit During the War Germany felt the influence of the English Deists, of the French freethinkers, and of Spinoza; but in the German rationalistic propaganda of this period there is nothing very original or interesting. A History of Freedom of Thought The devil was in the States-General before they began to be freethinkers. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 Here she became acquainted with the family of Charles Bray, a prosperous ribbon manufacturer, whose house was a gathering place for the freethinkers of the neighborhood. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World "Show me the face of a freethinker, and I'll tell you what he is." Children of the Bush Silly people in power, armed to the teeth with millions of bayonets, police and courts of justice at their command, yet uneasy and afraid to let a dozen freethinkers meet to discuss them! Clerambault The Story of an Independent Spirit During the War Hobbes, who was perhaps the most brilliant English thinker of the seventeenth century, was a freethinker and materialist. A History of Freedom of Thought No, surely; why then, it is manifest, those missionaries must be freethinkers, and make the heathens so too. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 She looked at me curiously, I thought, and I put the tract by the side of the pamphlet I had bought from the freethinker, and drifted again in the eddy. Great Possessions I tell you, my friends, I can tell a freethinker by his face. Children of the Bush They had no children and had every thought in common, both of them being freethinkers, with high ideals, destitute of religion, as well as of any national superstition. Clerambault The Story of an Independent Spirit During the War He was really a freethinker, but he never dropped the disguise of orthodoxy, and this lends a particular piquancy to his work. A History of Freedom of Thought The arguments against Providence in that book are so strong, that they have added mightily to the number of freethinkers. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 The Brahman is like Thomas Aquinas with his dogmas and metaphysics; the Buddhist is more like a mediaeval freethinker, stigmatized as an atheist. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations "I hear a freethinker speaking, my friends," he said. Children of the Bush The point in this was that Edward Kallem was a freethinker. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction The old commonplace that a freethinker is sure to be immoral is no longer heard. A History of Freedom of Thought Nor were the freethinkers of the large towns, who shared the missionary's esoteric principles, encouraged; for outwardly, at least, the Mahdi was strictly a Moslem. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) If they were not professed freethinkers,--for the State did not tolerate opposition or ridicule of those things which it instituted or patronized,--religion had but little practical effect on their lives. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations Jules Ferry, who took the Ministry of Public Instruction, a very clever man, was practically a freethinker, and the Parliament was decidedly more advanced. My First Years as a Frenchwoman, 1876-1879 Convention, consisting of seven hundred and forty-nine deputies, among whom was the celebrated freethinker, Thomas Paine, was divided into two parties, the Girondists and the Mountainists. General History for Colleges and High Schools At this time she was guided by the statesman Pericles, who was personally a freethinker, or at least was in touch with all the subversive speculations of the day. A History of Freedom of Thought He is described as an avowed, an open freethinker, sometimes bordering on atheism, going extreme lengths against Christian doctrines, and "shocking" men whom it was probably not very easy to shock. Lectures and Essays Something of the wit, or of the Roman Catholic Hobbist and freethinker, had then flashed out in the speech of the distressed envoy. The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 Piety is so beautiful an ornament of the youthful mind, doubt or distrust so unnatural a growth from confiding innocence, that an infant freethinker is heard of not so much with disgust as with perplexity. Biographical Essays What, then, let me ask of freethinkers, became of Christ eventually? The Fair Haven As to his opinions, we all took it for granted that he was a freethinker; but I can't tell how that might be. The Two Sides of the Shield There was thus a sort of artificial selection for survival of the conventional type, and weeding-out of the freethinker and moral genius. Problems of Conduct To me he represents the smug as against the human, the artificially moral as against the freethinker. The Evil Shepherd But they are freethinkers in words only; firm friends of the authorities, they are ready to rush into the arms of the first deliverer at the slightest indication of popular discontent. The Fortune of the Rougons The criticisms of my book, Russian and foreign alike, fall under two general divisions—the religious criticisms of men who regard themselves as believers, and secular criticisms, that is, those of freethinkers. The Kingdom of God Is Within You And whether it be not high time for our freethinkers to turn their thoughts to the improvement of their country? Querist Personal contact with artisan freethinkers was disgusting to him. Born in Exile The Mephistophelean judge, the freethinker, was among them; he limped along, expectorating every ten yards or so, presumably to mark his displeasure at being obliged, as official, to attend a religious function. South Wind They know very well that their ambition is not attainable, and it is this which makes them proclaim all the louder that they are freethinkers. The Fortune of the Rougons In these "cloud-capped towers and gorgeous palaces," the two great freethinkers and genial philosophers of their century intended to cultivate and enjoy their friendship. Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends "Nor I. But he was recommended to me by my old friend, Madame d'Oilly, as a freethinker, and at the same time by my aunt, Madame de la Roche-Jugan, as a religious man!" Monsieur De Camors — Complete "Nor I. But he was recommended to me by my old friend, Madame d'Oilly, as a freethinker, and at the same time by my aunt, Madame de la Roche- Jugan, as a religious man!" Monsieur De Camors — Volume 2 The judge, also, was never asked to come—he was too outspoken a freethinker, and too fond of spitting on the floor. South Wind He's worse than a Jacobin freethinker, and he instils such pernicious ideas into the minds of the young that I can hardly describe it. The Inspector-General However, there were freethinkers who did not think that Tennyson's kind of thinking ought to be free. Alfred Tennyson We 'ad a lodger once and she found out that 'e was a freethinker or something, and she cleared 'im out, bloody quick, I can tell yer!' The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Everybody knows you are a radical and a freethinker and everything else that is bad and mad, and contrary to that state of life in which it has pleased God to call you. Beatrice Such being the case, it stands to reason that he did not draw the line at freethinkers. South Wind LIAPKIN-TIAPKIN.—He has read four or five books and so is a bit of a freethinker. The Inspector-General Episcopalians were greatly in the minority, but their Church now became dominant over both Catholic and Dissenter, and where the freethinker raised his head he was smitten down. Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings "Isn't he a freethinker, and rather——" Sir William, following his own thoughts, interrupted: "Just as well, of course, so far as Miltoun's concerned, to have got him here." The Patrician The arch-priest, and nine of his coadjutors, declared every Sunday that I was a freethinker, a wizard, one whom every man, wishing well to God and the Church, ought to assassinate. The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 2 To all this her mother replied that Alexandra was a freethinker, and that all this was due to that "cursed woman's rights question." The Idiot Shrewsbury was certainly a Whig, and probably a freethinker: he had lost one religion; and it did not very clearly appear that he had found another. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Let us say it is I that am the freethinker, then. An Enemy of the People And instinctively he at once saw himself returning to those towers, and beneath them crossing the floor; joining the revolutionaries, the Radicals, the freethinkers, scourging his present Party, the party of authority and institutions. The Patrician Though an avowed freethinker, he had sate up all night at sea to compose sermons, and had with great difficulty been prevented from edifying the crew of a man of war with his pious oratory. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 On religion she was a pure freethinker, and with much want of true affection, delighted to throw out her own views before the troubled mind of her father. Barchester Towers It is, indeed, by no means improbable that Temple may have been a freethinker. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 And besides, Mr. Rosmer, we have quite enough freethinkers already—indeed, I was going to say we have too many of those gentry. Rosmersholm In religion she was, I should think, as nearly a freethinker as anyone could be whose mind seldom turned upon the subject. The Way of All Flesh Carlton, though a schoolfellow of the parson's, was nevertheless nearly ten years his junior; and though not an avowed infidel, was, however, a freethinker, and one who took no note of to-morrow. Clotel; or, the President's Daughter They even humored certain superstitious terrors to which this repulsive person was subject—terrors into the nature of which I, as an advanced freethinker, never thought it worth my while to inquire. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English I remember telling him that our name of freethinkers was a reality, and so it shall still be! We Two, a novel His Excellency came, but somewhat after the hour; for, to say the truth, being a freethinker, he had the most firm belief in ghosts and demons, and did not care to pace a churchyard alone. Catherine: a Story Socrates is nowhere represented to us as a freethinker or sceptic. Apology |
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