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| − | '''The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Non-Believer''' is a 2007 book edited by [[Christopher Hitchens]]. It is a collection of | + | '''The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Non-Believer''' is a 2007 book edited by [[Christopher Hitchens]]. It is a collection of writings concerning [[atheism]] and [[philosophy]] written by many authors including [[Carl Sagan]], [[Richard Dawkins]] and [[Daniel Dennett]], with introductions for each selection written by Hitchens himself. |
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| + | == Contents == | ||
| + | * Introduction by Christopher Hitchens | ||
| + | * Chapter 1: Selections from ''De Rerum Natura'' (''On the Nature of Things'') (1st century BCE) by Lucretius | ||
| + | * Chapter 2: ''Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám'' (ca 1100 CE) by Omar Khayyám | ||
| + | * Chapter 3: Of Religion, from ''Leviathan'' (1651) by Thomas Hobbes | ||
| + | * Chapter 4: Selection from ''Theologico-Political Treatise'' (1670) by Benedict De Spinoza | ||
| + | * Chapter 5: ''The Natural History of Religion'' (1757); Of Miracles, from ''An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding'' (1748) by David Hume | ||
| + | * Chapter 6: ''An Account of My Last Interview with David Hume, Esq.'' (1777) by James Boswell | ||
| + | * Chapter 7: Extract from ''A Refutation of Deism'' (1814) by Percy Bysshe Shelley | ||
| + | * Chapter 8: Moral Influences in My Early Youth, from ''Autobiography'' (1873) by John Stuart Mill | ||
| + | * Chapter 9: Introduction from ''Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right'' (1843) by Karl Marx | ||
| + | * Chapter 10: ''Evangelical Teaching'' (1855) by George Eliot | ||
| + | * Chapter 11: Selection from ''Autobiography'' (1887) by Charles Darwin | ||
| + | * Chapter 12: ''An Agnostic's Apology'' (1893) by Leslie Stephen | ||
| + | * Chapter 13: Miracle, from ''Le Jardin d’Épicure'' (''The Garden of Epicurus'') (1895) by Anatole France | ||
| + | * Chapters 14-47: Work-in-progress | ||
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| + | * Chapter 14: Mark Twain: Thoughts of God, From Fables of Man; Bible Teaching and Religious Practice, From Europe and Elsewhere and A Pen Warmed Up in Hell | ||
| + | * Chapter 15: Joseph Conrad: Author's Note to The Shadow Line | ||
| + | * Chapter 16: Thomas Hardy: God's Funeral | ||
| + | * Chapter 17: Emma Goldman: The Philosophy of Atheism | ||
| + | * Chapter 18: H. P. Lovecraft: A Letter on Religion | ||
| + | * Chapter 19: Carl Van Doren: Why I am An Unbeliever | ||
| + | * Chapter 20: H. L. Mencken: Memorial Service | ||
| + | * Chapter 21: Sigmund Freud: From The Future of an Illusion, translated and edited by James Strachey | ||
| + | * Chapter 22: Albert Einstein: Selected Writings on Religion | ||
| + | * Chapter 23: George Orwell: From A Clergyman's Daughter | ||
| + | * Chapter 24: John Betjeman: In Westminster Abbey | ||
| + | * Chapter 25: Chapman Cohen: Monism and Religion An Old Story | ||
| + | * Chapter 26: Bertrand Russell: An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish | ||
| + | * Chapter 27: Philip Larkin: Aubade Church Going | ||
| + | * Chapter 28: Martin Gardner: The Wandering Jew and the Second Coming | ||
| + | * Chapter 29: Carl Sagan: The Demon-Haunted World The God Hypothesis | ||
| + | * Chapter 30: John Updike: From Roger's Version | ||
| + | * Chapter 31: J. L. Mackie: Conclusions and Implications, From The Miracle of Theism: Arguments for and against the Existence of God | ||
| + | * Chapter 32: Michael Shermer: Genesis Revisited: A Scientific Creation Story | ||
| + | * Chapter 33: A. J. Ayer: That Undiscovered Country | ||
| + | * Chapter 34: Daniel C. Dennett: Thank Goodness! | ||
| + | * Chapter 35: Charles Templeton: From A Farewell to God, A Personal Word, and Questions to Ask Yourself | ||
| + | * Chapter 36: Richard Dawkins: Why There Almost Certainly is No God, Gerin oil, and Atheists for Jesus | ||
| + | * Chapter 37: Victor Stenger: From God: The Failed Hypothesis, Cosmic Evidence | ||
| + | * Chapter 38: Daniel C. Dennett: A Working Definition of Religion from "Breaking Which Spell?" | ||
| + | * Chapter 39: Elizabeth Anderson: If God is Dead, Is Everything Permitted? | ||
| + | * Chapter 40: Penn Jillette: There is No God | ||
| + | * Chapter 41: Ian McEwan: End of the World Blues | ||
| + | * Chapter 42: Steven Weinberg: What About God? From Dreams of a Final Theory | ||
| + | * Chapter 43: Salman Rushdie: "Imagine There's no Heaven": A Letter to the Six Billionth World Citizen | ||
| + | * Chapter 44: Ibn Warraq: The Koran, The Totalitarian Nature of Islam | ||
| + | * Chapter 45: Sam Harris: In the Shadow of God, From The End of Faith | ||
| + | * Chapter 46: A. C. Grayling: Can an Atheist Be a Fundamentalist? From Against All Gods | ||
| + | * Chapter 47: Ayaan Hirsi Ali: How (and Why) I Became an Infidel | ||
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Revision as of 05:51, 16 December 2011
The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Non-Believer is a 2007 book edited by Christopher Hitchens. It is a collection of writings concerning atheism and philosophy written by many authors including Carl Sagan, Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett, with introductions for each selection written by Hitchens himself.
Contents
- Introduction by Christopher Hitchens
- Chapter 1: Selections from De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things) (1st century BCE) by Lucretius
- Chapter 2: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (ca 1100 CE) by Omar Khayyám
- Chapter 3: Of Religion, from Leviathan (1651) by Thomas Hobbes
- Chapter 4: Selection from Theologico-Political Treatise (1670) by Benedict De Spinoza
- Chapter 5: The Natural History of Religion (1757); Of Miracles, from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748) by David Hume
- Chapter 6: An Account of My Last Interview with David Hume, Esq. (1777) by James Boswell
- Chapter 7: Extract from A Refutation of Deism (1814) by Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Chapter 8: Moral Influences in My Early Youth, from Autobiography (1873) by John Stuart Mill
- Chapter 9: Introduction from Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right (1843) by Karl Marx
- Chapter 10: Evangelical Teaching (1855) by George Eliot
- Chapter 11: Selection from Autobiography (1887) by Charles Darwin
- Chapter 12: An Agnostic's Apology (1893) by Leslie Stephen
- Chapter 13: Miracle, from Le Jardin d’Épicure (The Garden of Epicurus) (1895) by Anatole France
- Chapters 14-47: Work-in-progress
