The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine audiobook.

Genre: philosophy

The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology, a deistic treatise written by eighteenth-century British radical and American revolutionary Thomas Paine, critiques institutionalized religion and challenges the inerrancy of the Bible. Published in three parts in 1794, 1795, and 1807, it was a bestseller in America, where it caused a short-lived deistic revival. British audiences, however, fearing increased political radicalism as a result of the French revolution, received it with more hostility. The Age of Reason presents common deistic arguments; for example, it highlights the corruption of the Christian Church and criticizes its efforts to acquire political power. Paine advocates reason in the place of revelation, leading him to reject miracles and to view the Bible as an ordinary piece of literature rather than as a divinely-inspired text. Yet, The Age of Reason is not atheistic: it promotes natural religion and argues for a creator-God.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:09:16) Chapter 02

(00:19:17) Chapter 03

(00:28:43) Chapter 04

(00:39:41) Chapter 05

(00:51:41) Chapter 06

(01:01:39) Chapter 07

(01:13:13) Chapter 08

(01:26:18) Chapter 09

(01:34:49) Chapter 10

(01:47:04) Chapter 11

(01:59:55) Chapter 12

(02:13:15) Chapter 13

(02:26:08) Chapter 14

(02:39:44) Chapter 15

(02:49:01) Chapter 16

(02:58:57) Chapter 17

(03:10:54) Chapter 18

(03:26:03) Chapter 19

(03:40:28) Chapter 20

(03:56:10) Chapter 21

(04:18:13) Chapter 22

(04:30:59) Chapter 23

(04:52:17) Chapter 24

(05:06:11) Chapter 25

(05:21:35) Chapter 26

(05:39:19) Chapter 27

(05:53:02) Chapter 28

(06:10:10) Chapter 29

(06:27:21) Chapter 30

(06:44:41) Chapter 31

(07:01:07) Chapter 32

(07:17:05) Chapter 33

(07:33:23) Chapter 34

(07:42:30) Chapter 35

(08:00:19) Chapter 36

(08:20:02) Chapter 37

(08:28:45) Chapter 38

(08:51:16) Chapter 39

(09:15:37) Chapter 40

(09:35:17) Chapter 41

(09:54:45) Chapter 42

(10:13:46) Chapter 43

(10:28:14) Chapter 44

(10:43:15) Chapter 45

(11:06:21) Chapter 46

(11:26:44) Chapter 47

(11:31:54) Chapter 48

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