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atheism

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The theory or belief that God does not exist. The word comes (in the late 16th century, via French) from Greek atheos, from a- ‘without’ + theos ‘god’.

Harris, Benjamin

Harris, Benjamin   Reference library

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2006
Subject:
Literature, Children's literature studies
Length:
342 words

...Primer (its text was once attributed to him). After the Licensing Act lapsed in 1695 Harris returned to London and resumed publishing. During the last stage of his career he and his son Benjamin continued to produce books that were intended to turn young people away from atheism, libertinism, and debauchery. They included the miniature The Holy Bible in Verse ( 1696 ); a heavily revised edition of The Protestant Tutor ( 1707 ); and The Fables of Young Aesop (second edition, 1698 ), a collection of emblems and fables, only a few of which are...

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