Freemasonry, i, 358; ii, [306], [330]
“Free religious” societies, ii, [410], [413]
Freeseekers, sect of, 6
Free Spirit. See Brethren
“Freethinker,” origin of word, i, 1, 4, 6 sq.;
meaning of word, i, 4 sq., 7 sq.
Freethinker, early journal, i, 7
Freethought, meaning of, i, 1 sq., 8 sq.;
and conduct, i, 17 sq.;
continuity of, i, 36 sq., 400 sq.;
histories of, i, 10 sq.;
psychology of, i, 8 sq., 15, 39;
resistance to, i, 22 sq.;
in religion, i, 36 n.;
primitive, i, 26, 33 sq.;
early Arab, i, 112, 116;
Babylonian, i, 62–65;
Chinese, i, 82 sq.;
Christian, i, 218 sq.;
Egyptian, i, 69 sq.;
Greek, i, 128 sq.;
Hebrew, i, 104, 111 sq.;
Hindu, i, 49 sq.;
in 4th and 5th centuries, i, 235;
in medieval schools, i, 282, 307 sq.;
in medieval England, i, 342 sq.;
in the Renaissance, i, 365 sq.;
in England in the 15th century, i, 393 sq.;
in Tudor England, i, 458 sq.; ii, i, sq.;
in Austria, ii, [351];
in France in the 16th and 17th centuries, i, 473 sq.; ii, [117] sq., [141] sq.;
in France in the 18th century, ii, [213] sq.;
in France in the 19th century, ii, [404] sq.;
in England in the 16th century, ii, [1] sq.;
in England in the 17th century, ii, [69] sq.;
in England in the 18th century, ii, [147] sq.;
in England in the 19th century, ii, [392] sq.;
in Germany, i, 361 sq., 434 sq.; ii, [294] sq., [388], [409] sq., [420] sq., [448], [454] sq.;
in Holland, i, 398 sq.; ii, [132] sq., [352] sq.;
in Italy, i, 322 sq.; ii, [365] sq., [387], [454];
in Spain and Portugal, i, 338 sq., 470 sq.; ii, [372] sq.;
in Switzerland, ii, [378] sq.;
in Scandinavia, ii, [354] sq., [412] sq.;
in the Slavonic States, ii, [362] sq., [412] sq.;
in South Africa, ii, [416] sq.;
in South America, ii, [407];
in the United States, ii, [381] sq.;
in Catholic countries to-day, ii, [406] sq.;
in the Catholic Church, ii, [5];
in Oriental countries to-day, ii, [490] sq.;
Phœnician, i, 79, 80;
Peruvian, i, 90;
psychology of, i, 8 sq., 16 sq.;
Roman, i, 199 sq.;
under Islam, i, 248 sq., 272;
in Persia, i, 273
Free-will, doctrine of, i, 8, 232, 254, 270; ii, [150] n.
Frei-geist, use of word, i, 6; ii, [301]
Freke, ii, [114] n.