Principles of Nature

Description

The Principles of Nature, or A Development of the Moral Causes of Happiness and Misery among the Human Species, is a work by Elihu Palmer, written in 1801. Similar to the writings of Thomas Paine, Palmer's work focuses on God, Deism, and 'revealed religions'. The author became a deist soon after graduating to become a Presbyterian minister. After rejecting the doctrines of the Calvinists, he founded the Deistical Society of New York in 1796. In England, Richard Carlile was fined and jailed for several years after publishing works deemed blasphemous, including 'Principles of Nature'.

This book has 67,529 words, 107 pages in the PDF version, and was originally written in 1801.

Production notes: This ebook of Principles of Nature was published by Global Grey on the 2nd October 2022. The artwork used for the cover is 'Sketch for the Town Hall of Joinville-le-Pont' by Marie-Joseph Clavel.