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Quotes from Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief — Jonathan Miller

1934–2019 England

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Ever since the Reformation, there's a sense in which the road to atheism was paved not with science, but with religious intentions.

Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief (2004)

While the early deists were busy reconstructing Christianity, at the same time being very careful to avoid the accusation of atheism, the world of science had been steadily progressing.

Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief (2004)

Although he never admitted himself to be an atheist as such, he was clearly and unarguably the most vividly elegant and eloquent skeptic of them all. I'm referring, of course, to the great Scottish philosopher David Hume.

Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief (2004)

With thoughtfulness—and, above all, with literacy—thoughts themselves become subjects of discussion in a way that they wouldn't have been before they were written down. It's not until they're written down that they become stable enough to bear examination in the same way that physical objects themselves can bear examination.

Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief (2004)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jonathan Miller (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.