A Grammar of
Freethought.
BY
CHAPMAN COHEN.
(Issued by the Secular Society, Ltd.)
London:
THE PIONEER PRESS,
61 Farringdon Street, E.C. 4.
1921.
The Publishers wish to express their obligation to Mr.
H. Cutner for the very tasteful design which adorns the
cover of this book.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I.— | [Outgrowing the Gods] | 9 |
| II.— | [Life and Mind] | 18 |
| III.— | [What is Freethought?] | 37 |
| IV.— | [Rebellion and Reform] | 51 |
| V.— | [The Struggle for the Child] | 61 |
| VI.— | [The Nature of Religion] | 72 |
| VII.— | [The Utility of Religion] | 88 |
| VIII.— | [Freethought and God] | 101 |
| IX.— | [Freethought and Death] | 111 |
| X.— | [This World and the Next] | 123 |
| XI.— | [Evolution] | 134 |
| XII.— | [Darwinism and Design] | 146 |
| XIII.— | [Ancient and Modern] | 162 |
| XIV.— | [Morality Without God.—I.] | 172 |
| XV.— | [Morality Without God.—II.] | 182 |
| XVI.— | [Christianity and Morality] | 193 |
| XVII.— | [Religion and Persecution] | 204 |
| XVIII.— | [What is to Follow Religion?] | 223 |
PREFACE.
It must be left for those who read the following pages to decide how far this book lives up to its title. That it leaves many aspects of life untouched is quite clear, but there must be a limit to everything, even to the size and scope of a book; moreover, the work does not aim at being an encyclopædia, but only an outline of what may fairly be regarded as the Freethought position. Freethought, again, is too fluid a term to permit its teachings being summarized in a set creed, but it does stand for a certain definite attitude of mind in relation to those problems of life with which thoughtful men and women concern themselves. It is that mental attitude which I aim at depicting.