Download or read book Reason written by Ethan Allen and published by . This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethan Allen's Reason: The Only Oracle of Man is a hard hitting attack on superstition and "revealed" religion while encouraging the replacement of superstition in our lives and in our ideas concerning God with innate God-given reason. Ethan Allen was an American Revolutionary War hero. He and his "Green Mountain Boys" captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British, thus securing much needed supplies and weapons for General George Washington and his rebels. Unfortunately, Allen was captured in his next engagement with British forces and spent years anguishing in British prison ships and in a British prison. After suffering greatly at the hands of his captors, he was freed through a prisoner exchange effort. When Allen was a young man he became friends with Thomas Young, a freethinking medical doctor who was a Deist (that is, he believed in God/The Supreme Intelligence based on the application of his reason on the designs and laws of Nature). Together they worked on Reason: The Only Oracle of Man. However, when the American Revolution started they went their separate ways to take part in and to support this world changing event. It wasn't until after the war and after Thomas Young died that Ethan Allen secured their manuscript for this book from Young's wife. Allen worked on it some more and finally had it printed in 1785. The logic based arguments Ethan Allen and Thomas Young put forward for the belief in God as well as against belief in the "revealed"/hearsay religions such as Judaism, Christianity and Islam, are very sound and life improving! They greatly help the reader to realize that God is NOT the same as religion. This realization itself is priceless. Yet, this book contains countless examples of sound and strong reasoning which strengthens our belief in, as described in the Deistic document the Declaration of Independence, "Nature's God." It also contains many ideas which protect us from potentially dangerous unreasonable beliefs and ideas. All these years after the American Revolution, Ethan Allen and Thomas Young are still helping to make the world a better place via their book, Reason: The Only Oracle of Man!
Download or read book Reason the Only Oracle of Man written by Ethan Allen and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reason, The Only Oracle of Man - Or A Compendius System of Natural Religion. By Col. Ethan Allen. Religious Philosophy. Colonel Ethan Allen, the author of Oracles of Reason, was the son of Joseph Allen, a native of Coventry, Connecticut, a farmer in moderate circumstances. He afterwards resided in Litchfield, where Ethan was born in the year 1739. The family consisted of eight children, of whom our author was the eldest. But few incidents connected with his early life are known. We are apprised, however, that notwithstanding his education was very limited, his ambition to prove himself worthy of that attention which superior intellect ever commands, induced him diligently to explore every subject that came under his notice. A stranger to fear, his opinions were ever given without disguise or hesitation; and an enemy to oppression, he sought every opportunity to redress the wrongs of the oppressed. At the breaking out of the Revolutionary War, he raised in Vermont, where he had resided, a company of volunteers, consisting of two hundred and thirty, with which he surprised the fortress of Ticonderoga, May 10, 1775, containing about forty men, and one hundred pieces of cannon. He was unfortunately taken prisoner in September following, in an attempt on Montreal, and sufferred a cruel imprisonment for several years. For an account of which, the reader is referred to his narrative, contained in a memoir of the author, by Mr. Hugh Moore, Plattsburg, 1834.
Download or read book Reason the Only Oracle of Man written by Ethan Allen and published by . This book was released on 2024-05-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a thought-provoking journey into the realms of reason, philosophy, and natural religion with "Reason, the Only Oracle of Man" by Ethan Allen. In this illuminating treatise, Allen presents a comprehensive exploration of the principles and practices of natural religion, grounded in the rational faculties of the human mind. With eloquence and clarity, Allen challenges traditional religious dogmas and superstitions, advocating for a rational and evidence-based approach to understanding the nature of existence and the mysteries of the universe. Drawing from the principles of logic, ethics, and metaphysics, he articulates a compelling vision of natural religion that emphasizes the importance of critical thinking, moral integrity, and intellectual freedom. More than just a philosophical treatise, "Reason, the Only Oracle of Man" is a manifesto for a new era of enlightenment and rational inquiry. Allen invites readers to question authority, challenge orthodoxy, and embrace the power of reason as the ultimate guide to truth and meaning. Whether you're a skeptic, a seeker, or a free thinker on a quest for intellectual liberation, this book offers invaluable insights and inspiration to help you navigate the complexities of existence and forge your own path toward enlightenment. Let Ethan Allen be your trusted guide as you explore the timeless principles of natural religion and embark on a journey of intellectual discovery and spiritual awakening.
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Download or read book Reason the Only Oracle of Man written by Col. Ethan Allen and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-16 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reason, the Only Oracle of Man is Colonel Ethan Allen's polemical treatise wherein he argues for the power of reason, and reason's nature as a God-given attribute of man. Received to a negative reception during its original publication in 1785, Reason, the Only Oracle of Man divided opinion on the grounds of its rejection of traditional, Christian religious beliefs. At the time, the fledgling nation of the United States was deeply devoted to the traditional Christian establishment, with many suspicious of the recent progress of science in many fields. Ethan Allen rejected many traditional beliefs of the Christian church. He considered much of the Bible to be mythical superstition, and held great contempt for organised religion which he viewed as corrupt and sinful, with the priesthood in particular targeted for its inadequacies. While not an atheist, Allen believed strongly in the power and capacity of reason, and considered its use to be virtuous.
Download or read book Reason the Only Oracle of Man written by Ethan Allen and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03-29 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1784 Edition.
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Download or read book Reason the Only Oracle of Man written by Ethan Allen and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Reason, The Only Oracle Of Man: Or, A Compenduous System Of Natural Religion Ethan Allen Mendum, Cornhill, 1854 Philosophy; Movements; Rationalism; Natural theology; Philosophy / Movements / Rationalism; Philosophy / Religious; Rationalism
Download or read book Reason the Only Oracle of Man Or a Compendious System of Natural Religion Classic Reprint written by Ethan Allen and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Reason, the Only Oracle of Man, or a Compendious System of Natural Religion Soon after the close of the revolution, Col. Allen composed the following work; which, on account of the bold and unusual manner, particularly in this country, that the subject of religion is treated, he had great difficulty to get published. It lay a long time in the hands of a printer at Hartford, who had not the moral courage to print it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book Reason the Only Oracle of Man written by Ethan Allen and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The appendix to Reason" (reprinted from the Historical magazine, Boston, April, May, June and July, 1873): 1 L., 70p. at end.
Download or read book Ethan Allen His Life and Times written by Willard Sterne Randall and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-08-22 with total page 651 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-awaited biography of the frontier Founding Father whose heroic actions and neglected writings inspired an entire generation from Paine to Madison. On May 10, 1775, in the storm-tossed hours after midnight, Ethan Allen, the Revolutionary firebrand, was poised for attack. With only two boatloads of his scraggly band of Vermont volunteers having made it across the wind-whipped waters of Lake Champlain, he was waiting for the rest of his Green Mountain boys to arrive. But with the protective darkness quickly fading, Allen determined that he hold off no longer. While Ethan Allen, a canonical hero of the American Revolution, has always been defined by his daring, predawn attack on the British-controlled Fort Ticonderoga, Willard Sterne Randall, the author of Benedict Arnold, now challenges our conventional understanding of this largely unexamined Founding Father. Widening the scope of his inquiry beyond the Revolutionary War, Randall traces Allen’s beginning back to his modest origins in Connecticut, where he was born in 1738. Largely self-educated, emerging from a relatively impoverished background, Allen demonstrated his deeply rebellious nature early on through his attraction to Deism, his dramatic defense of smallpox vaccinations, and his early support of separation of church and state. Chronicling Allen’s upward struggle from precocious, if not unruly, adolescent to commander of the largest American paramilitary force on the eve of the Revolution, Randall unlocks a trove of new source material, particularly evident in his gripping portrait of Allen as a British prisoner-of-war. While the biography reacquaints readers with the familiar details of Allen’s life—his capture during the aborted American invasion of Canada, his philosophical works that influenced Thomas Paine, his seminal role in gaining Vermont statehood, his stirring funeral in 1789—Randall documents that so much of what we know of Allen is mere myth, historical folklore that people have handed down, as if Allen were Paul Bunyan. As Randall reveals, Ethan Allen, a so-called Robin Hood in the eyes of his dispossessed Green Mountain settlers, aggrandized, and unabashedly so, the holdings of his own family, a fact that is glossed over in previous accounts, embellishing his own best-selling prisoner-of-war narrative as well. He emerges not only as a public-spirited leader but as a self-interested individual, often no less rapacious than his archenemies, the New York land barons of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys. As John E. Ferling comments, “Randall has stripped away the myths to provide as accurate an account of Allen’s life as will ever be written.” The keen insights that he produces shed new light, not only on this most enigmatic of Founding Fathers, but on today’s descendants of the Green Mountain Boys, whose own political disenfranchisement resonates now more than ever.
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Download or read book Reason the only Oracle of Man or a compenduous system of natural religion Alternately adorned with confutations of a variety of doctrines incompatible to it etc written by Ethan ALLEN (Colonel.) and published by . This book was released on 1784 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
