Evidence: | 'A much greater man than Rousseau says, "The only remedy for the infectious disease of Fanaticism, is a philosophical temper, which spreading through society, at length softens manners, and obviates the excesses of the distemper; for whenever it get ground, the best way is to fly from it and stay till the air is purified. The laws and religion are no preservative against this mental pestilence; religion so far from being a salutary aliment in these cases, in infected brains becomes poison" (Lackington continues to quote 2 further paragraphs). |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
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Reader: | James Lackington |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 31 Aug 1746 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder Bookseller rising socially |
Occupation: | Bookseller |
Religion: | lapsed Methodist |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Voltaire |
Title: | (possibly) The Philosophical Dictionary for the pocket, Written in French by a society of men of letters and translated into English |
Genre: | Philosophy |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | possibly (London, 1765) p. 152 section on Fanaticism |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 12970 | |
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Author: | James Lackington | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Memoirs of the Forty Five First Years of The Life James Lackington | |
Place of Publication: | London, Temple of the Muses | |
Date of Publication: | 1794 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 283 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Lackington, Memoirs of the Forty Five First Years of The Life James Lackington (London, Temple of the Muses, 1794), p. 283, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12970, accessed: 01 June 2023 |
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