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The world unmask'd or, the Philosopher the greatest Cheat; in twenty-four dialogues Between Crito a Philosopher, Philo a Lawyer, and Erastus a Merchant. In which True Virtue is distinguished from what usually bears the Name or Resemblance of it: The many Prejudices and Mistakes in Judgment and Practice, in regard to conscience and religion, are examined and rectified: And the Value of truth is shewn; with the Reasons why it is not more generally known. To which is added, The state of Souls separated from their Bodies: Being an Epistolary Treatise, wherein is proved, by a Variety of Arguments, deduced from Holy Scripture, that the Punishments of the Wicked will not be Eternal; and all Objections against it solved. In Answer to a Treatise, entitled, An Enquiry into Origenism. Together with A Large Introduction, evincing the same Truth from the Principles of Natural Religion. Translated from the French.

Title
The world unmask'd [electronic resource] : or, the Philosopher the greatest Cheat; in twenty-four dialogues Between Crito a Philosopher, Philo a Lawyer, and Erastus a Merchant. In which True Virtue is distinguished from what usually bears the Name or Resemblance of it: The many Prejudices and Mistakes in Judgment and Practice, in regard to conscience and religion, are examined and rectified: And the Value of truth is shewn; with the Reasons why it is not more generally known. To which is added, The state of Souls separated from their Bodies: Being an Epistolary Treatise, wherein is proved, by a Variety of Arguments, deduced from Holy Scripture, that the Punishments of the Wicked will not be Eternal; and all Objections against it solved. In Answer to a Treatise, entitled, An Enquiry into Origenism. Together with A Large Introduction, evincing the same Truth from the Principles of Natural Religion. Translated from the French.
Author
Huber, Marie, 1695-1753.
Publication
London : printed for A. Millar, over-against St. Clement's Church in the Strand, MDCCXXXVI. [1736]

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viii,446,[2]p.; 8⁰.
Uniform Title
  • Monde fou préferé au monde sage. English
  • Eighteenth century collections online.
Alternative Title
Monde fou préferé au monde sage.
Subject
  • Rouchat, Abraham, 1678-1758
  • Deism
  • Virtue
  • Religion
  • Future life > Early works to 1800
  • Philosophy > Humor > Early works to 1800
Note
  • A translation of Marie Huber's 'Le monde fou préferé au monde sage', first published in 1731, and 'Le sistéme des anciens et des modernes', 1733.
  • With a final leaf of advertisements.
  • The ornaments are those used by Henry Woodfall.
  • Reproduction of original from British Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642640419
  • T59678
Author
Huber, Marie, 1695-1753.
Title
The world unmask'd [electronic resource] : or, the Philosopher the greatest Cheat; in twenty-four dialogues Between Crito a Philosopher, Philo a Lawyer, and Erastus a Merchant. In which True Virtue is distinguished from what usually bears the Name or Resemblance of it: The many Prejudices and Mistakes in Judgment and Practice, in regard to conscience and religion, are examined and rectified: And the Value of truth is shewn; with the Reasons why it is not more generally known. To which is added, The state of Souls separated from their Bodies: Being an Epistolary Treatise, wherein is proved, by a Variety of Arguments, deduced from Holy Scripture, that the Punishments of the Wicked will not be Eternal; and all Objections against it solved. In Answer to a Treatise, entitled, An Enquiry into Origenism. Together with A Large Introduction, evincing the same Truth from the Principles of Natural Religion. Translated from the French.
Imprint
London : printed for A. Millar, over-against St. Clement's Church in the Strand, MDCCXXXVI. [1736]
Series
Eighteenth century collections online.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, T59678.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
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