02434cam a22003133u 4500 72134 UtSlPG 20260610134652.0 m cr n 260607r20231888utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 BL Oswald, Felix L. (Felix Leopold), 1845-1906 The Bible of nature Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2023 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2023-11-15 Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Bible of Nature; or, The Principles of Secularism" by Felix L. Oswald is a philosophical treatise written in the late 19th century. This work argues for a new "Religion of Nature" that contrasts sharply with traditional supernatural religions, advocating for secularism grounded in natural laws and human instincts. Oswald critiques the historical suppression of science and reason by religious institutions, proposing that true enlightenment and moral guidelines should derive from nature rather than dogma. The opening portion establishes a historical critique of religious influences on human development, suggesting that the duality of superstition and antinaturalism has hindered human progress and well-being. Oswald outlines how past religions have fostered mental and physical degeneration through doctrines that reject natural instincts, emphasizing the need for a new secular philosophy that promotes health, knowledge, and human rights. He introduces the foundational principles of physical, mental, and moral maxims, which aim to reclaim the divine aspects of human experience from the grasp of oppressive beliefs, ultimately asserting that humanity's future lies in embracing reason and our innate instincts. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: New York: The Truth Seeker Company, 1888 Secularism https://archive.org/details/bibleofnatureorp00oswa/page/n8/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72134 112860 112860