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Elihu Palmer’s Journey from Religion to Reason

A Theoretical Vanguard: Elihu Palmer's Challenge to Religion and Advocacy for Reason

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Thomas Walker-Werth
Sep 27, 2022
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The despotism of kings and priests trembles only when it is approached by the vigorous power of thought, and the efforts of a philosophic mind. —Elihu Palmer1

The United States of America was the first country in the world “to have an avowed philosophic meaning,” observes philosopher Leonard Peikoff. However, he points out:

The Founding Fathers were thinke…

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