Thinker's Library
Encyclopedia
The Thinker's Library was a series of 140 small hardcover
book
s published for the Rationalist Press Association by Watts & Co.
, London
between 1929 and 1951. They consisted of a selection of essay
s, literature
, and extracts from greater works by various classical and contemporary humanist
s and rationalists, continuing in the tradition of the Renaissance
. Many of the titles were cheap reprints of classic books, aimed at a mass audience.
ous essay
sometimes followed by a collection of related essays by the same author
, or an introductory extract from a greater work by that author. Any deviation from this format will be self-explanatory from the title. All foreign language texts were published in the English language
.
Hardcover
A hardcover, hardback or hardbound is a book bound with rigid protective covers...
book
Book
A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of hot lava, paper, parchment, or other materials, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf or leaflet, and each side of a leaf is called a page...
s published for the Rationalist Press Association by Watts & Co.
Charles Albert Watts
Charles Albert Watts was an English secularist editor and publisher. He founded the journal Watts's Literary Guide, which later became the New Humanist magazine, and the Rationalist Press Association. His father Charles Watts was also a prominent secularist writer...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
between 1929 and 1951. They consisted of a selection of essay
Essay
An essay is a piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal point of view. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition...
s, literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
, and extracts from greater works by various classical and contemporary humanist
Humanism
Humanism is an approach in study, philosophy, world view or practice that focuses on human values and concerns. In philosophy and social science, humanism is a perspective which affirms some notion of human nature, and is contrasted with anti-humanism....
s and rationalists, continuing in the tradition of the Renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
. Many of the titles were cheap reprints of classic books, aimed at a mass audience.
Catalogue of titles
Each volume consists of an eponymEponym
An eponym is the name of a person or thing, whether real or fictitious, after which a particular place, tribe, era, discovery, or other item is named or thought to be named...
ous essay
Essay
An essay is a piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal point of view. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition...
sometimes followed by a collection of related essays by the same author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
, or an introductory extract from a greater work by that author. Any deviation from this format will be self-explanatory from the title. All foreign language texts were published in the English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
.
- "First and Last Things" by H. G. WellsH. G. WellsHerbert George Wells was an English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing text books and rules for war games...
- "Education: Intellectual, Moral, and Physical" by Herbert SpencerHerbert SpencerHerbert Spencer was an English philosopher, biologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist of the Victorian era....
- "The Riddle of the Universe" by Ernst HaeckelErnst HaeckelThe "European War" became known as "The Great War", and it was not until 1920, in the book "The First World War 1914-1918" by Charles à Court Repington, that the term "First World War" was used as the official name for the conflict.-Research:...
- "Humanity's Gain from Unbelief, and Other Selections from the Works of Charles BradlaughCharles BradlaughCharles Bradlaugh was a political activist and one of the most famous English atheists of the 19th century. He founded the National Secular Society in 1866.-Early life:...
" (1929) - "On LibertyOn LibertyOn Liberty is a philosophical work by British philosopher John Stuart Mill. It was a radical work to the Victorian readers of the time because it supported individuals' moral and economic freedom from the state....
" by John Stuart MillJohn Stuart MillJohn Stuart Mill was a British philosopher, economist and civil servant. An influential contributor to social theory, political theory, and political economy, his conception of liberty justified the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state control. He was a proponent of... - "A Short History of the World" by H. G. WellsH. G. WellsHerbert George Wells was an English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing text books and rules for war games...
- "The Autobiography of Charles DarwinThe Autobiography of Charles DarwinThe Autobiography of Charles Darwin is the autobiography of the British naturalist Charles Darwin which was published in 1887, five years after his death....
" by Charles DarwinCharles DarwinCharles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory... - "The Origin of Species" by Charles DarwinCharles DarwinCharles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
- "Twelve Years in a Monastery" by Joseph McCabeJoseph McCabeJoseph Martin McCabe was an English writer and speaker on freethought, after having been a Roman Catholic priest earlier in his life.-Early life:...
- "History of Modern Philosophy" by A. W. BennA. W. BennAlfred William Benn was an agnostic and an honorary associate of the Rationalist Press Association. His book A History of Modern Philosophy was published in the Thinker's Library series in 1930....
(1930) - "Gibbon on Christianity" - chapters 15 and 16 of Edward GibbonEdward GibbonEdward Gibbon was an English historian and Member of Parliament...
's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1930) - "The Descent of Man" - Part 1 and the concluding chapter of Part 3, by Charles DarwinCharles DarwinCharles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
(1930) - "History of Civilization in England" - Vol. I, by Henry Thomas BuckleHenry Thomas BuckleHenry Thomas Buckle was an English historian, author of an unfinished History of Civilization.- Biography :...
- "Anthropology" - Vol. I, by Sir Edward B. TylorEdward Burnett TylorSir Edward Burnett Tylor , was an English anthropologist.Tylor is representative of cultural evolutionism. In his works Primitive Culture and Anthropology, he defined the context of the scientific study of anthropology, based on the evolutionary theories of Charles Lyell...
- "Anthropology" - Vol. II, by Sir Edward B. TylorEdward Burnett TylorSir Edward Burnett Tylor , was an English anthropologist.Tylor is representative of cultural evolutionism. In his works Primitive Culture and Anthropology, he defined the context of the scientific study of anthropology, based on the evolutionary theories of Charles Lyell...
- "Iphigenia" - Two plays, by EuripidesEuripidesEuripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him but according to the Suda it was ninety-two at most...
, translated by C. B. Bonner - "Lectures and Essays" by Thomas Henry Huxley
- "The Evolution of the Idea of God" by Grant AllenGrant AllenCharles Grant Blairfindie Allen was a science writer, author and novelist, and a successful upholder of the theory of evolution.-Biography:...
- "An Agnostic's Apology, and Other Essays" by Sir Leslie StephenLeslie StephenSir Leslie Stephen, KCB was an English author, critic and mountaineer, and the father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell.-Life:...
(March, 1931) - "The Churches and Modern Thought" by Vivian Phelips
- "Penguin Island" by Anatole FranceAnatole FranceAnatole France , born François-Anatole Thibault, , was a French poet, journalist, and novelist. He was born in Paris, and died in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire. He was a successful novelist, with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters...
- "The Pathetic Fallacy" by Llewelyn PowysLlewelyn PowysLlewelyn Powys was a British writer and younger brother of John Cowper Powys and T. F. Powys.-Life:Powys was born in Dorchester, the son of a clergyman, and was educated at Sherborne School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. While lecturing in the United States he contracted tuberculosis...
- "Historical Trials (A Selection)" by Sir John MacDonellJohn Macdonell (jurist)Sir John Macdonell K.C.B. was a British jurist. He was King's Remembrancer and a Knight Commander in the Order of the Bath.-External links:...
- "A Short History of ChristianityChristianityChristianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
" by J. M. RobertsonJ. M. RobertsonJohn Mackinnon Robertson was a prolific journalist, advocate of rationalism and secularism, and Liberal Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for Tyneside from 1906 to 1918.- Biography :... - "The Martyrdom of Man" by Winwood Reade
- "Head-hunters, Black, White, and Brown" by Alfred C. Haddon (1932)
- "The Evidence for the SupernaturalSupernaturalThe supernatural or is that which is not subject to the laws of nature, or more figuratively, that which is said to exist above and beyond nature...
" by Ivor Ll. Tuckett - "The City of Dreadful Night and other poems" - A selection from the poetical works of James ThomsonJames Thomson (B.V.)James Thomson , who wrote under the pseudonym Bysshe Vanolis, was a Scottish Victorian-era poet famous primarily for the long poem The City of Dreadful Night , an expression of bleak pessimism in a dehumanized, uncaring urban environment.-Life:Thomson was born in Port Glasgow, Scotland, and, after...
(1932) - "In the Beginning: The Origin of Civilisation" by G. Elliot Smith
- "AdonisAdonisAdonis , in Greek mythology, the god of beauty and desire, is a figure with Northwest Semitic antecedents, where he is a central figure in various mystery religions. The Greek , Adōnis is a variation of the Semitic word Adonai, "lord", which is also one of the names used to refer to God in the Old...
: a Study in the History of Oriental Religion" - from The Golden BoughThe Golden BoughThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion is a wide-ranging, comparative study of mythology and religion, written by Scottish anthropologist Sir James George Frazer . It first was published in two volumes in 1890; the third edition, published 1906–15, comprised twelve volumes...
by Sir James G. Frazer (1932) - "Our New Religion" by H. A. L. Fisher
- "On Compromise" by John Morley
- "A History of the Taxes on Knowledge" by Collet Dobson ColletCollet Dobson ColletCollet Dobson Collet was a radical freethinker, Chartist and campaigner against newspaper taxation.- Background & Work :...
- "The Existence of GodGodGod is the English name given to a singular being in theistic and deistic religions who is either the sole deity in monotheism, or a single deity in polytheism....
" by Joseph McCabeJoseph McCabeJoseph Martin McCabe was an English writer and speaker on freethought, after having been a Roman Catholic priest earlier in his life.-Early life:...
(1933) - "The Story of the BibleBibleThe Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
" by MacLeod Yearsley - "Savage Survivals: The Story of the Race Told in Simple Languages" by J. Howard Moore
- "The Revolt of the Angels" by Anatole FranceAnatole FranceAnatole France , born François-Anatole Thibault, , was a French poet, journalist, and novelist. He was born in Paris, and died in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire. He was a successful novelist, with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters...
- "The Outcast" by Winwood Reade
- "Penalties Upon Opinion" by Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner
- "Oath, Curse, and Blessing" by Ernest Crawley
- "Fireside Science" by Sir E. Ray Lankester
- "History of AnthropologyAnthropologyAnthropology is the study of humanity. It has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The term "anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos , "man", understood to mean mankind or humanity, and -logia , "discourse" or "study", and was first used in 1501 by German...
" by Alfred C. Haddon (1934) - "The World's Earliest Laws" by Chilperic Edwards (1934)
- "Fact and Faith" by J. B. S. HaldaneJ. B. S. HaldaneJohn Burdon Sanderson Haldane FRS , known as Jack , was a British-born geneticist and evolutionary biologist. A staunch Marxist, he was critical of Britain's role in the Suez Crisis, and chose to leave Oxford and moved to India and became an Indian citizen...
- "The Men of the Dawn" by Dorothy Davison
- "The Mind in the Making" by James Harvey RobinsonJames Harvey RobinsonJames Harvey Robinson was an American historian.Robinson was born Bloomington, Illinois. He taught history at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University , becoming a full professor in 1895...
- "The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals" by Charles DarwinCharles DarwinCharles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
- "Psychology for Everyman (and Woman)" by A. E. Mander
- "The Religion of the Open Mind" by Adam Gowans Whyte
- "Letters on Reasoning" by J. M. RobertsonJ. M. RobertsonJohn Mackinnon Robertson was a prolific journalist, advocate of rationalism and secularism, and Liberal Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for Tyneside from 1906 to 1918.- Biography :...
- "The Social Record of Christianity" by Joseph McCabeJoseph McCabeJoseph Martin McCabe was an English writer and speaker on freethought, after having been a Roman Catholic priest earlier in his life.-Early life:...
- "Five Stages of Greek ReligionGreek religionGreek religion can refer to several things, including*Ancient Greek religion**Greek hero cult**Eleusinian Mysteries**Hellenistic religion**Platonic idealism*Greek Orthodox Church*Religion in Greece*Hellenic Polytheistic Reconstructionism...
: Studies Based on a Course of Lectures Delivered in April 1912 at Columbia UniversityColumbia UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
" by Gilbert MurrayGilbert MurrayGeorge Gilbert Aimé Murray, OM was an Australian born British classical scholar and public intellectual, with connections in many spheres. He was an outstanding scholar of the language and culture of Ancient Greece, perhaps the leading authority in the first half of the twentieth century...
(1935) - "The Life of JesusJesusJesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
" by Ernest RenanErnest RenanErnest Renan was a French expert of Middle East ancient languages and civilizations, philosopher and writer, devoted to his native province of Brittany...
(1935) - "Selected Works of VoltaireVoltaireFrançois-Marie Arouet , better known by the pen name Voltaire , was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion, free trade and separation of church and state...
" by Joseph McCabeJoseph McCabeJoseph Martin McCabe was an English writer and speaker on freethought, after having been a Roman Catholic priest earlier in his life.-Early life:... - "What are we to do with our lives?" by H. G. WellsH. G. WellsHerbert George Wells was an English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing text books and rules for war games...
- "Do What You Will" by Aldous HuxleyAldous HuxleyAldous Leonard Huxley was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. Best known for his novels including Brave New World and a wide-ranging output of essays, Huxley also edited the magazine Oxford Poetry, and published short stories, poetry, travel...
(1936) - "Clearer Thinking (LogicLogicIn philosophy, Logic is the formal systematic study of the principles of valid inference and correct reasoning. Logic is used in most intellectual activities, but is studied primarily in the disciplines of philosophy, mathematics, semantics, and computer science...
for Everyman)" by A. E. Mander - "History of Ancient PhilosophyAncient philosophyThis page lists some links to ancient philosophy. In Western philosophy, the spread of Christianity through the Roman Empire marked the ending of Hellenistic philosophy and ushered in the beginnings of Medieval philosophy, whereas in Eastern philosophy, the spread of Islam through the Arab Empire...
" by A. W. BennA. W. BennAlfred William Benn was an agnostic and an honorary associate of the Rationalist Press Association. His book A History of Modern Philosophy was published in the Thinker's Library series in 1930.... - "Your Body: How it is built and how it works" by D. Stark Murray
- "What is Man?" by Mark TwainMark TwainSamuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist...
(1936) - "Man and His Universe" by John Langdon-DaviesJohn Langdon-DaviesJohn Eric Langdon-Davies was a British author and journalist. He was a war correspondent during the Spanish Civil War and the Russo-Finnish war. As a result of his experiences in Spain, he founded the Foster Parents' Scheme for refugee children in Spain, now called Plan International. He was...
- "First Principles" by Herbert SpencerHerbert SpencerHerbert Spencer was an English philosopher, biologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist of the Victorian era....
- "Rights of ManRights of ManRights of Man , a book by Thomas Paine, posits that popular political revolution is permissible when a government does not safeguard its people, their natural rights, and their national interests. Using these points as a base it defends the French Revolution against Edmund Burke's attack in...
" by Thomas PaineThomas PaineThomas "Tom" Paine was an English author, pamphleteer, radical, inventor, intellectual, revolutionary, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States... - "This Human Nature" by Charles DuffCharles DuffCharles Duff was a British author of books on language learning and other subjects.Duff served as an officer in the British Merchant Navy in World War I and then in the intelligence division of the Foreign Office and Diplomatic Service...
- "Dictionary of Scientific Terms as Used in the Various Sciences" by C. M. Beadnell
- "A Book of Good Faith" by Montaigne
- "The Universe of Science" by Hyman LevyHyman LevyHyman Levy was a Scottish philosopher, mathematician and political activist.The son of Minna Cohen and Marcus Levy, a Jewish art dealer in Edinburgh, Hyman was the third oldest of eight children. He went to school at George Heriot's School, and was the School Dux. Thanks to scholarships, he was...
- "Liberty To-day" by C. E. M. JoadC. E. M. JoadCyril Edwin Mitchinson Joad was an English philosopher and broadcasting personality. He is most famous for his appearance on The Brains Trust, an extremely popular BBC Radio wartime discussion programme...
- "The Age of ReasonThe Age of ReasonThe Age of Reason; Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology is a deistic pamphlet, written by eighteenth-century British radical and American revolutionary Thomas Paine, that criticizes institutionalized religion and challenges the legitimacy of the Bible, the central sacred text of...
" by Thomas PaineThomas PaineThomas "Tom" Paine was an English author, pamphleteer, radical, inventor, intellectual, revolutionary, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States... - "The Fair Haven" by Samuel Butler (1938)
- "A Candidate for Truth: Passages from EmersonRalph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century...
" (1938) - "A Short History of Women" by John Langdon-DaviesJohn Langdon-DaviesJohn Eric Langdon-Davies was a British author and journalist. He was a war correspondent during the Spanish Civil War and the Russo-Finnish war. As a result of his experiences in Spain, he founded the Foster Parents' Scheme for refugee children in Spain, now called Plan International. He was...
- "Natural Causes and Supernatural Seemings" by Henry MaudsleyHenry MaudsleyHenry Maudsley was a pioneering British psychiatrist.-Biographical sketch:Henry Maudsley was born on an isolated farm near Giggleswick in the North Riding of Yorkshire and educated at University College London. He was an outstandingly brilliant medical student, collecting ten Gold Medals and...
- "Morals, Manners, and Men" by Havelock EllisHavelock EllisHenry Havelock Ellis, known as Havelock Ellis , was a British physician and psychologist, writer, and social reformer who studied human sexuality. He was co-author of the first medical textbook in English on homosexuality in 1897, and also published works on a variety of sexual practices and...
(1939) - "Pages from a Lawyer's Notebooks" by E. S. P. HaynesE. S. P. HaynesEdmund Sidney Pollock Haynes was a British lawyer and writer.The son of a London solicitor, Haynes was a King's Scholar at Eton College and a winner of a Brackenbury Scholarship at Balliol College. Haynes practised in the same offices at 9 New Square, Lincoln's Inn, where his father had practised...
- "An Architect of Nature" - The autobiographyAutobiographyAn autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
of Luther BurbankLuther BurbankLuther Burbank was an American botanist, horticulturist and a pioneer in agricultural science.He developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his 54-year career. Burbank's varied creations included fruits, flowers, grains, grasses, and vegetables...
(1939) - "Act of God" by F. Tennyson Jesse
- "The Man versus The State" by Herbert SpencerHerbert SpencerHerbert Spencer was an English philosopher, biologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist of the Victorian era....
- "The World as I See ItThe World as I See It (book)The World as I See It is a book by Albert Einstein composed of assorted articles, addresses, letters, interviews, and pronouncements published before 1935. The volume includes Einstein's opinions on the meaning of life, ethics, science, society, religion, and politics...
" by Albert EinsteinAlbert EinsteinAlbert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...
(1940) - "JocastaJocastaIn Greek mythology, Jocasta, also known as Jocaste , Epikastê, or Iokastê was a daughter of Menoeceus and Queen consort of Thebes, Greece. She was the wife of Laius. Wife and mother of Oedipus by Laius, and both mother and grandmother of Antigone, Eteocles, Polynices and Ismene by Oedipus...
's Crime: An Anthropological Study" by Lord Raglan - "The Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales" by Richard GarnettRichard GarnettRichard Garnett C.B. was a scholar, librarian, biographer and poet. He was son of Richard Garnett, an author, philologist and assistant keeper of printed books in the British Museum....
- "Kingship" by A. M. Hocart
- "ReligionReligionReligion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...
Without RevelationRevelationIn religion and theology, revelation is the revealing or disclosing, through active or passive communication with a supernatural or a divine entity...
" by Julian HuxleyJulian HuxleySir Julian Sorell Huxley FRS was an English evolutionary biologist, humanist and internationalist. He was a proponent of natural selection, and a leading figure in the mid-twentieth century evolutionary synthesis... - "Let the People Think" by Bertrand RussellBertrand RussellBertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic. At various points in his life he considered himself a liberal, a socialist, and a pacifist, but he also admitted that he had never been any of these things...
- "The Myth of the Mind" by Frank Kenyon
- "The Liberty of Man and Other Essays" by Robert G. IngersollRobert G. IngersollRobert Green "Bob" Ingersoll was a Civil War veteran, American political leader, and orator during the Golden Age of Freethought, noted for his broad range of culture and his defense of agnosticism. He was nicknamed "The Great Agnostic."-Life and career:Robert Ingersoll was born in Dresden, New York...
- "Man Makes Himself" by V. Gordon Childe
- "World Revolution and the Future of the West" by W. Friedmann (1942)
- "The Origin of the Kiss and Other Scientific Diversions" by C. M. Beadnell
- "The Bible and its Background. Vol. I." by Archibald RobertsonArchibald RobertsonArchibald Robertson may refer to:*Archibald Robertson , Scottish physician; grandfather of the bishop*Archibald Robertson , Principal of King's College London and Bishop of Exeter...
- "The Bible and its Background. Vol. II." by Archibald RobertsonArchibald RobertsonArchibald Robertson may refer to:*Archibald Robertson , Scottish physician; grandfather of the bishop*Archibald Robertson , Principal of King's College London and Bishop of Exeter...
- "The Conquest of Time" by H. G. WellsH. G. WellsHerbert George Wells was an English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing text books and rules for war games...
(1942) - "The Gospel of RationalismRationalismIn epistemology and in its modern sense, rationalism is "any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification" . In more technical terms, it is a method or a theory "in which the criterion of the truth is not sensory but intellectual and deductive"...
" by Charles T. Gorham - "Life's Unfolding" by Sir Charles Sherrington (1944)
- "An easy Outline of AstronomyAstronomyAstronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...
" by M. Davidson - "The God of the BibleBibleThe Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
" by Evans Bell - "In Search of the Real BibleBibleThe Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
" by A. D. Howell Smith - "Man Studies Life" by G. N. Ridley
- "The Outlines of MythologyMythologyThe term mythology can refer either to the study of myths, or to a body or collection of myths. As examples, comparative mythology is the study of connections between myths from different cultures, whereas Greek mythology is the body of myths from ancient Greece...
" by Lewis SpenceLewis SpenceJames Lewis Thomas Chalmbers Spence was a Scottish journalist, whose efforts as a compiler of Scottish folklore have proved more durable than his efforts as a poet and occult scholar.... - "Magic and Religion" by Sir James G. Frazer
- "Flight from Conflict" by Laurence CollierLaurence CollierSir Laurence Collier KCMG was the British ambassador to Norway between 1939 and 1950, including the period when Norway's government was in exile in London during the Second World War....
- "Progress and Archaeology" by V. Gordon Childe (1944)
- "The Chemistry of Life" by J. S. D. Bacon
- "Medicine and Mankind" by Arnold Sorsby
- "The Church and Social Progress" by Marjorie Bowen [pen-name of Margaret Gabrielle LongMargaret Gabrielle LongMarjorie Bowen , was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym...
] - "The Great Mystics" by George GodwinGeorge Stanley GodwinGeorge Stanley Godwin was an English/Canadian author of fiction and non-fiction books.Godwin was born in London, one of eight children. He was four when his father died. He was educated at boarding schools in Sussex, Kent and Dresden, Germany. He worked briefly for a bank in England, then...
- "The Religion of Ancient Mexico" by Lewis SpenceLewis SpenceJames Lewis Thomas Chalmbers Spence was a Scottish journalist, whose efforts as a compiler of Scottish folklore have proved more durable than his efforts as a poet and occult scholar....
- "Geology in the Life of Man" by Duncan Leitch
- "A Century for Freedom" by Kenneth Urwin
- "Jesus: Myth or History?" by Archibald RobertsonArchibald RobertsonArchibald Robertson may refer to:*Archibald Robertson , Scottish physician; grandfather of the bishop*Archibald Robertson , Principal of King's College London and Bishop of Exeter...
- The Ethics of Belief and Other Essays" by William Kingdon CliffordWilliam Kingdon CliffordWilliam Kingdon Clifford FRS was an English mathematician and philosopher. Building on the work of Hermann Grassmann, he introduced what is now termed geometric algebra, a special case of the Clifford algebra named in his honour, with interesting applications in contemporary mathematical physics...
- "Human Nature, War and Society" by John Cohen
- "The Rational Good: A Study in the Logic of Practice" by L. T. Hobhouse
- "Man: The Verdict of Science" by G. N. Ridley
- "The Distressed Mind" by J. A. C. Brown
- "The Illusion of National Character" by Hamilton FyfeHamilton FyfeHenry Hamilton Fyfe was a British journalist and writer who served as editor of both the Daily Mirror and the Daily Herald.-Career:...
(1940) - "Population, Psychology, and Peace" by J. C. Flugel
- "Friar's Lantern" by G. G. CoultonG. G. CoultonGeorge Gordon Coulton FBA was a British historian, known for numerous works on medieval history. He was known also as a keen controversialist....
- "Ideals and Illusions" by L. Susan Stebbing
- "An Outline of the Development of Science" by M. Mansel Davies
- "Head and Hand in Ancient Greece: Four Studies in the Social Relations of Thought" by Benjamin FarringtonBenjamin FarringtonBenjamin Farrington was an Irish scholar and professor of the Classics. Born in Cork, he was educated in Ireland and taught at the university level in Ireland and South Africa...
- "The Evolution of Society" by J. A. C. Brown
- "Background to Modern Thought" by C. D. Hardie
- "The Holy Heretics: The Story of the Albigensian CrusadeAlbigensian CrusadeThe Albigensian Crusade or Cathar Crusade was a 20-year military campaign initiated by the Catholic Church to eliminate Catharism in Languedoc...
" by Edmond HolmesEdmond HolmesEdmond Gore Alexander Holmes was an educationalist, writer and poet who was born at Moycashel, co. Westmeath, Ireland. His The Creed of the Buddha is well known; he also wrote a pantheist text All is One: A Plea for a Higher Pantheism.Words from his The Triumph of Love were set to music by the... - "Man His Own Master" by Archibald RobertsonArchibald RobertsonArchibald Robertson may refer to:*Archibald Robertson , Scottish physician; grandfather of the bishop*Archibald Robertson , Principal of King's College London and Bishop of Exeter...
- "Men Without Gods" by Hector Hawton
- "The Earliest Englishman" by Sir Arthur Smith-Woodward
- "AstronomyAstronomyAstronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...
for Beginners" by Martin DavidsonMartin DavidsonMartin Davidson is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. After attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, he spent five years as an actor in Off Broadway shows and regional theater. His directorial debut was The Lords of Flatbush starring Sylvester Stallone and Henry... - "The Search for Health" by D. Stark Murray
- "The Mystery of Anna Berger" by George GodwinGeorge Stanley GodwinGeorge Stanley Godwin was an English/Canadian author of fiction and non-fiction books.Godwin was born in London, one of eight children. He was four when his father died. He was educated at boarding schools in Sussex, Kent and Dresden, Germany. He worked briefly for a bank in England, then...
- "Wrestling Jacob" by Marjorie Bowen [Pen-name of Margaret Gabrielle LongMargaret Gabrielle LongMarjorie Bowen , was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym...
] - "The Origins of Religion" by Lord Raglan (1949)
- "The HeroHeroA hero , in Greek mythology and folklore, was originally a demigod, their cult being one of the most distinctive features of ancient Greek religion...
: A Study in Tradition, Myth, and Drama" by Lord Raglan - "The Life of John KnoxJohn KnoxJohn Knox was a Scottish clergyman and a leader of the Protestant Reformation who brought reformation to the church in Scotland. He was educated at the University of St Andrews or possibly the University of Glasgow and was ordained to the Catholic priesthood in 1536...
" by Marjorie Bowen [Pen-name of Margaret Gabrielle LongMargaret Gabrielle LongMarjorie Bowen , was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym...
] - "The French RevolutionFrench RevolutionThe French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
" by Archibald RobertsonArchibald RobertsonArchibald Robertson may refer to:*Archibald Robertson , Scottish physician; grandfather of the bishop*Archibald Robertson , Principal of King's College London and Bishop of Exeter... - "The Art of Thought" by Graham WallasGraham WallasGraham Wallas was an English socialist, social psychologist, educationalist, a leader of the Fabian Society and a co-founder of the London School of Economics....
- "Literary Style and Music" by Herbert SpencerHerbert SpencerHerbert Spencer was an English philosopher, biologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist of the Victorian era....
- "The Origin of Species" by Charles DarwinCharles DarwinCharles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
(reprint of first edition) (printed but unpublished) - "The Science of Heredity" by J. S. D. Bacon
- "The Great Revivalists" by George GodwinGeorge Stanley GodwinGeorge Stanley Godwin was an English/Canadian author of fiction and non-fiction books.Godwin was born in London, one of eight children. He was four when his father died. He was educated at boarding schools in Sussex, Kent and Dresden, Germany. He worked briefly for a bank in England, then...
(1951)
External links
- Rationalist Press Association - The Thinker's Library - The Rationalist Press Association's relevant page includes extracts from some volumes.