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George Holyoake

Born

in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, The United Kingdom

April 13, 1817

Died

January 27, 1906

Genre

Religion, Nonfiction

Influences

Robert Ingersoll, Joseph McCabe, Auguste Comte, Robert Owen, Charles S ...more

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George Jacob Holyoake was mainly self-educated and a vigorous campaigner for secularism and freethought during the 19th century. He wrote 160 books and pamphlets and edited several magazines, including The Movement and The Reasoner. Holyoake was the last person in England to be imprisoned on a charge of atheism, for saying at a public lecture in Cheltenham in 1842 (at a time of economic hardship): “If I could have my way, I would place the deity on half pay as the Government of this country did its subaltern officers.”

It was Holyoake who suggested the term `secularism’ and organised the early Secular Societies, becoming Vice-President of the National Secular Society. Bradlaugh was preferred as President because he was a much more eloquent s ...more

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	The Principles of Secularism 3.56 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1871 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2011 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Limits Of Atheism Or, Why should Sceptics be Outlaws? 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2010 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The History of the Rochdale Pioneers really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2009 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	English Secularism A Confession Of Belief 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Among the Americans,: And a stranger in America it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1970 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The History of the Last Trial by Jury for Atheism in England: A Fragment of Autobiography, Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty’s Attorney‐General and the British Clergy 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1850 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life of Joseph Rayner Stephens, Preacher and Political Orator 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Public Speaking and Debate it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bygones Worth Remembering it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Atheism deprives superstition of its stand ground, and compels Theism to reason for its existence.”
― George Jacob Holyoake

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“A definition is a map, but it is not the journey.”
― George Holyoake, The Limits Of Atheism Or, Why should Sceptics be Outlaws?

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“There are two classes of thinkers—one who commence with ignoring Nature, seeking in something outside it for the origin of it, and who look upon the infinite processes of the worlds which people space, with the dull astonishment accorded to mere agencies, rather than with the native wonder and awe which the consciousness of original powers awakens—these are Theists. The other class are those who regard matter as the very garment of the unknown God, to whom every spray, and pebble, and flower, and star is a marvel, a glory, and an inspiration; who, comprehending not an external cause of nature, recognise its existence, its surpassing affluence, its multitudinous marvels, and give them the first place in their wonder, study, reverence, and love—these are Affirmative Atheists.”
― George Holyoake, The Limits Of Atheism Or, Why should Sceptics be Outlaws?

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