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100 1 _aLucas, Jean Maximilien,
_d-1697
245 1 4 _aThe Three Impostors
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2015
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
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500 _aRelease date is 2015-11-22
508 _aProduced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"The Three Impostors" by Multiple Authors is a philosophical treatise written in the late 17th century, that challenges established religious beliefs and the existence of divine authority. The text explores the notion of three key figures in religion—Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad—and argues that they are impostors who manipulated followers through fear and ignorance, discussion about authority in religion, and an examination of the origins of religious beliefs. The opening portion of the work lays a foundation for a critical examination of human belief systems, suggesting that the popular concept of God and religions arise from fear and the need for explanations regarding the unknown. It suggests that rather than being divinely inspired, religious figures utilized magic, manipulation, and political savvy to sway the masses, exploiting their ignorance. The text questions traditional views of divinity, positing that both the supernatural and the inherent social structures have conspired to maintain a false understanding of spirituality, thereby initiating a profound discourse on the nature of belief, ethics, and societal governance. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aRationalism
653 _aSpinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677
653 _aDe tribus impostoribus
700 1 _aArpe, Peter Friedrich,
_d1682-1740
700 1 _aAymon, Jean,
_d1661-1720?
700 1 _aLa Monnoye, Bernard de,
_d1641-1728
700 1 _aRousset de Missy, Jean,
_d1686-1762
700 1 _aVroese, Jan
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50534
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