[PDF.81ay] Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World

Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World

[PDF.xt66] Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World

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 | #504266 in Books |  Vintage |  2016-10-18 |  2016-10-18 | Original language:English |  8.00 x.70 x5.20l,.81 | File type: PDF | 304 pages

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||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| A great read shedding light on a little known area of ancient history|By Fireblood|The view that atheism is a fairly recent phenomena, arising with the Enlightenment in the 17th to 18th centuries, is one most atheists and theists both hold. It's true that atheism in the modern era arose then, but as Tim Whitmarsh shows, atheism is far older. Although never an organized movement| |“Sweeping and stimulating . . . as learned as it is intellectually thrilling. . . . Battling the Gods fills a gap that probably few of us had even been aware of, and does so comprehensively.” —Tom Holland, New Statesman|&n

How new is atheism? Although adherents and opponents alike today present it as an invention of the European Enlightenment, when the forces of science and secularism broadly challenged those of faith, disbelief in the gods, in fact, originated in a far more remote past. In Battling the Gods, Tim Whitmarsh journeys into the ancient Mediterranean, a world almost unimaginably different from our own, to recover the stories and voices of those who first refused the d...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World   |  Tim Whitmarsh.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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