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The Portable Atheist

Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever

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Atheist? Believer? Uncertain? No matter: The Portable Atheist will engage you every step of the way. From the number one New York Times best-selling author of God Is Not Great, comes this provocative and entertaining guided tour of atheist and agnostic thought through the ages with original pieces by Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Christopher Hitchens makes the case for a splendidly godless universe in this first-ever gathering of influential voices—past and present—that have shaped his side of the raging God/no-god debate.

With erudie and witty Hitchens as guide, you'll be led through a wealth of philosophy, literature, and scientific inquiry, including generous portions of the words of Lucretius, Benedict de Spinoza, Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Mark Twain, George Eliot, Bertrand Russell, Emma Goldman, H. L. Mencken, Albert Einstein, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and many others. They're all set in context and commented upon as only Christopher Hitchens—"political and literary journalist extraordinaire” (Los Angeles Times)—can.

©2008 Christopher Hitchens (P)2008 Phoenix Books, Inc. Agnosticism Atheism Philosophy Religious Studies Agnostic Morality Humanism Mathematics Cosmology
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It is an abridged book and infuriatingly and regularly one does not know to whose words one is listening unless there are hints in the text. One cannot ’jump’ to a chapter featuring one’s choice of author because frustratingly the chapters are only numbers with no other information . One cannot consult the original book as this audible version is abridged so the chapters don’t coincide.
So I give it 3 stars and wish I hadn’t purchased it.

A truly great book but frustrating

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A wide selection of extracts, articles and letter of great like Einstien, Shaw, Twain and a dozen other greats of philosophy and literature u may have heard of but never read anything they've written.
A bit dense in places as a few of the texts are a few 100s of year old, they dicuss topics that are same now as then. deserves a re-listen or two.

The Fly is one of my favourite out of many.

A great primer of atheism

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Why does this audio book skip pages 207-380 & 384-480?
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