Author: Laing, Samuel.
Title: Convolute : [1]. Human origins; [2]. Problems of the future; [3]. A modern Zoroastrian.
Description: [Issued for the Rationalist Press Association Limited]. [1]. Revised by Edward Clodd. London : Watts & Co., 1903. [5],144 pp.; [2]. Revised and brought up to date by Joseph McCabe. London : Chapman & Hall, 1905. 160 pp.; [3]. Revised and brought up to date by Joseph McCabe. London : Watts & Co., 1904. Cheap edition. 128 pp. Later halfcalf binding. Paper browned throughout (as usual). Binding sl. worn on edges. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - In later life, Samuel Laing (1812-1897) became well known as an author, his Modern Science and Modern Thought (1885), Problems of the Future (1889) and Human Origins (1892). Laing's attitude was generally positive towards new developments in science, and he offered an optimistic vision of progressive modernity. He also wrote on religion. His book A Modern Zoroastrian argued that the ancient religion of Zoroastrianism was more consistent with modern scientific thought than was traditional Christianity. He argued that the all pervading principle of polarity that was central Zoroastrian thought has been confirmed by science, and that modern Christianity should abandon its traditional theology to centre on the figure of Jesus as an ideal of humanity.

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