From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of God Is Not
Great, a provocative and entertaining guided tour of atheist and
agnostic thought through the ages--with never-before-published
pieces by Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, and Ayaan Hirsi
Ali.Christopher Hitchens continues to make the case for a
splendidly godless universe in this first-ever gathering of the
influential voices--past and present--that have shaped his side of
the current and raging Godno-god debate. With Hitchens as your
erudite and witty guide, you’ll be led through a wealth of
philosophy, literature, and scientific inquiry, including generous
portions of the words of Lucretius, Benedict de Spinoza, Charles
Darwin, Karl Marx, Mark Twain, George Eliot, Bertrand Russell, Emma
Goldman, H. L. Mencken, Albert Einstein, Daniel Dennett, Sam
Harris, Richard Dawkins, and many others well-known and lesser
known. And they’re all set in context and commented upon as only
Christopher Hitchens--“political and literary journalist
extraordinaire” Los Angeles Times--can. Atheist? Believer?
Uncertain? No matter: The Portable Atheist will speak to you and
engage you every step of the way.
關於作者:
Christopher Hitchens is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair.
His numerous books include Letters to a Young Contrarian and Why
Orwell Matters.
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Acknowledgments
Introduction, Cbmtopber Hitcbens
1. LUCRETIUS, from De Rerum Natura On the Nature of
Things, Book I, Translated by W. Hannaford Brown
2. OMAR KHAYYAM, from Rubdiydt ofOmar Khayydm:
A Paraphrase from Several Literal Translations by
Richard Le Gallienne
3. THOMAS HOBBES, Of Religion, from Leviathan
4. BENEDICT DE SPINOZA, Theological-Political Treatise
5. DAVID HUME, The Natural History of Religion
Of Miracles
6. JAMES BOSWELL, An Account of My Last Interview
with David Hume, Esq.
7. PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY, A Refutation of Deism
8. JOHN STUART MILL, Moral Influences in My Early Youth,
From Autobiography
9. KARL MARX, Contribution to the Critique of Hegel''s
Philosophy of Right
10. GEORGE ELIOT, Evangelical Teaching
11. CHARLES DARWIN, Autobiography
12. LESLIE STEPHEN, An AgnostiCs Apology
13. ANATOLE FRANCE, Miracle
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