The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
by Christopher Hitchens
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Author: Christopher HitchensEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-11-05
ISBN: 0306816083
Number of pages: 528
Publisher: Da Capo Press
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Book Review: A bright ornament
Summary: 5 Stars
It gladdens my heart to see such an array of books on non-belief now available to the general public. Local book stores display shelves and shelves of titles. Finally we are standing up to the tyranny of religious belief! Christopher Hitchen's compendium is a welcome addition to the literature. His introduction itself is worth the price of the book. My one complaint is that a few of the essays could have been pared down. The Karl Marx piece, for example, goes on for pages about the contemporary political situation in Germany and that part is not really relevant -- but this is a minor quibble. It is instructive to read the famous quip about religion as the "opium of the people" in context. There are so many gems of insight, wisdom and humor to be enjoyed here, such as this one from John Stuart Mill: "The world would be astonished if it knew how great a proportion of its brightest ornaments...are complete sceptices in religion". Christopher Hitchens is one of our brightest ornaments.
Summary of The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
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) God/no-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.
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