Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy, Who Lived Five and Forty Years Undiscovered at Paris, Vol. 8: Giving an Impartial Account to the Divan at Constantinople, of the Most Remarkable Transactions of Europe: And Discovering Several Intrigues and Secrets of the Ch by Unknown Author (Paperback / softback, 2015)
Excerpt from Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy, Who Lived Five and Forty Years Undiscovered at Paris, Vol. 8: Giving an Impartial Account to the Divan at Constantiple, of the Most Remarkable Transactions of Europe: And Discovering Several Intrigues and Secrets of the Christian Courts (Especially of That of France); Continued From the Year 1642, to the Year 1682 They add, that in some of his Letters he seems to banter all religion; whilst in others he appears like a hypocrite, extravagantly devout and zealous, even to the heights of enthusiasm and divine madness. In answer to this, it is desired, that these gentlemen will please to consider, that our Author, though a professed Mahometan, yet is a man endued with sense and reason, which he had much improved by reading of histories, by the studies of natural, moral, and political things, and by his own experimental observations in the world. That therefore, when he seems to descant with an unwarrantable libertinism, prophanely glancing with a religious kind of wantonness on divine matters; it ought t to be taken so much for his own proper direct thoughts, as the result of other mens errors, and the epidemical mistakes and superstitions which have infected the world. So that he rather hints at what may be said by way of influence from the groundless opinions of men, than to assert any thing positively himself in dishour of the Deity, or true Religion. And he banters the abuses that are every where found in the service of God, t the service itself. In a word, he appears, in all his Letters, a Deist, rather than an Atheist, as some would represent him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Forgotten Books
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1330978870
ISBN-13
9781330978870
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Black & White Illustrations
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Paperback / Softback
Language
English
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UnKNOWn Author
Date of Publication
26/11/2015
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Trade Paperback (US) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound
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Sociology & Anthropology: Professional
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