THE PRINCIPLES OF SECULARISM
By George Jacob Holyoake
Contents
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II. THE TERM SECULARISM
CHAPTER III. PRINCIPLES OF SECULARISM DEFINED
CHAPTER IV. LAWS OF SECULAR CONTROVERSY
CHAPTER V. MAXIMS OF ASSOCIATION
CHAPTER VI. THE SECULAR GUILD
CHAPTER VII. ORGANIZATION INDICATED
CHAPTER VIII. THE PLACE OF SECULARISM
CHAPTER IX. CHARACTERISTICS OF SECULARISM
THE HISTORY OF THE LAST TRIAL BY JURY FOR ATHEISM IN ENGLAND:
A Fragment of Autobiography
Submitted For The Perusal Of Her Majesty's Attorney-General And The British Clergy.
By George Jacob Holyoake
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
THE HISTORY OF THE LAST TRIAL BY JURY FOR ATHEISM.
CHAPTER I. BEFORE THE IMPRISONMENT
CHAPTER II. THE TRIAL
CHAPTER III. AFTER THE SENTENCE
CHAPTER IV. AFTER THE LIBERATION
A LOGIC OF FACTS:
Or Every-day Reasoning
By G. J. Holyoake
Contents
INTRODUCTION OF 1848.
PREFACE OF 1866.
A LOGIC OF FACTS.
CHAPTER I. THE LOGIC OF THE SCHOOLS
CHAPTER II. LOCKE-LOGIC
CHAPTER III. LOGICAL TRUTH
CHAPTER IV. DISCOVERY OF TRUTH
CHAPTER V. FACTS
CHAPTER VI. SCIENCE
CHAPTER VII. PROPOSITIONS
CHAPTER VIII. DEFINITIONS
CHAPTER IX. SYLLOGISMS
CHAPTER X. INDUCTION
CHAPTER XI. DETECTION OF FALLACIES
CHAPTER XII. SCEPTICISM
CHAPTER XIII. INTELLECTUAL DARING
CHAPTER XIV. IDOLS
CHAPTER XV. ILLUSTRATIVE EXERCISES
CHAPTER XVI. TECHNICAL TERMS
ENGLISH SECULARISM
A CONFESSION OF BELIEF
By George Jacob Holyoake
1896
CONTENTS
PUBLISHER'S PREFACE.
CHAPTER I. OPEN THOUGHT THE FIRST STEP TO INTELLIGENCE
CHAPTER II. THE QUESTION STATED
CHAPTER III. THE FIRST STAGE OF FREE THOUGHT: ITS NATURE AND LIMITATION
CHAPTER IV. THE SECOND STAGE OF FREE THOUGHT: ENTERPRISE
CHAPTER V. CONQUESTS OF INVESTIGATION
CHAPTER VI. STATIONARINESS OF CRITICISM
CHAPTER VII. THIRD STAGE OF FREE THOUGHT—SECULARISM
CHAPTER VIII. THREE PRINCIPLES VINDICATED
CHAPTER IX. HOW SECULARISM AROSE
CHAPTER X. HOW SECULARISM WAS DIFFUSED
CHAPTER XI. SECULAR INSTRUCTION DISTINCT FROM SECULARISM
CHAPTER XII. THE DISTINCTIVENESS MADE FURTHER EVIDENT
CHAPTER XIII. SELF-DEFENSIVE FOR THE PEOPLE
CHAPTER XIV. REJECTED TENETS REPLACED BY BETTER
CHAPTER XV. MORALITY INDEPENDENT OF THEOLOGY
CHAPTER XVI. ETHICAL CERTITUDE
CHAPTER XVII. THE ETHICAL METHOD OF CONTROVERSY
CHAPTER XVIII. ITS DISCRIMINATION
CHAPTER XIX. APART FROM CHRISTIANISM
CHAPTER XX. SECULARISM CREATES A NEW RESPONSIBILITY
CHAPTER XXI. THROUGH OPPOSITION TO RECOGNITION
CHAPTER XXII. SELF-EXTENDING PRINCIPLES
SECULARIST CEREMONIES.
ON MARRIAGE.
NAMING CHILDREN.
OVER THE DEAD.
LIFE AND CHARACTER OF RICHARD CARLILE
By George Jacob Holyoake
1849
CONTENTS
PREFACE
LIFE AND CHARACTER OF RICHARD CARLILE
CHAPTER I HIS PARENTAGE, APPRENTICESHIP, AND MARRIAGE
CHAPTER II THE PUBLISHER AND THE PRISONER
CHAPTER III THE EDITOR AND THE ATHEIST
CHAPTER IV HIS DEATH AND CHARACTER
ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL