Letters to Eugenia
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- Or, A Preservative Against Religious Prejudices
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1. or, A PRESERVATIVE AGAINST RELIGIOUS PREJUDICES.2. NAIGEON'S PREFACE.3. TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.4. LETTER I. Of the Sources of Credulity, and of the Motives which should lead to an examination of religion.5. LETTER II. Of the Ideas which Religion gives us of the Divinity6. LETTER III. An Examination of the Holy Scriptures, of the Nature of the Christian Religion, and of the Proofs upon which Christianity is founded7. LETTER IV. Of the fundamental dogmas of the Christian Religion8. LETTER V. Of the Immortality of the Soul, and of the Dogma of another Life9. LETTER VI. Of the Mysteries, Sacraments, and Religious Ceremonies of Christianity10. LETTER VII. Of the pious Rites, Prayers, and Austerities of Christianity11. LETTER VIII. Of Evangelical Virtues and Christian Perfection12. LETTER IX. Of the advantages contributed to Government by Religion13. LETTER X. On the Advantages Religion confers on those who profess it14. LETTER XI. Of Human or Natural Morality15. LETTER XII. Of the small Consequence to be attached to Men's Speculations, and the Indulgence which should be extended to them