Reason: the Only Oracle of Man
1785 AD published
An unbridled attack against the Bible, established churches, and the powers of the priesthood. As a replacement for organized religion, he espoused a mixture of deism, Spinoza's naturalist views, and precursors of Transcendentalism, with man acting as a free agent within the natural world.
The book was a complete financial and critical failure. Allen's publisher had forced him to pay the publication costs up front, and only 200 of the 1,500 volumes printed were sold. (The rest were eventually destroyed by a fire at the publisher's house.)
Burlington, VT
Lattitude: 44.4758° N
Longitude: 73.2119° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Lattitude: 44.4758° N
Longitude: 73.2119° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
