# The Limits of Atheism; Or, Why Should Sceptics Be Outlaws?

Author: Holyoake, George Jacob, 1817-1906

Genre: Category: Philosophy & Ethics

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36798

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## Summary

The object of these pages* is not to defend the intellectual accuracy of Atheism (which could not be attempted in this brief space), the object is to explain its case, to vindicate its moral rectitude, and the right of those who hold these views, to legal equality. There are two Atheisms in literature--the ancient one of mere negation; and the affirmative form, whose relevant name is Cosmism, and of which Humboldt, in his 'Cosmos,' is a great illustrator, and Comte, in his 'Positive Philosophy,' an expounder. The term Cosmism ought to supersede the misleading term Atheism; just as Secularism has superseded the libellous term Infidelity. Cosmism, as well as Secularism, expresses a new form...

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-limits-of-atheism-or-why-should-sceptics-be-outlaws-36798/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-limits-of-atheism-or-why-should-sceptics-be-outlaws-36798/chapters/2/index.md)