The wrangling philosophers; or, Volney's answer to Doctor Priestley , on his pamphlet, entitled "observations upon the increase of infidelity, with animadversions upon the writings of several modern unbelievers and especially The ruins of Mr. Volney With This Motto; Minds of little Penetration rest naturally on the Surface of Things. They do not like to pierce deep into them, for fear of Labour and Trouble; sometimes still more for fear of Truth-" With Notes BY The Editor.

Letters addressed to the philosophers and politicians of France, on the subject of religion  To which is prefixed, Observations relating to the causes of the general prevalence of infidelity. By Joseph Priestley, L.L.D. F.R.S. &c. &c. [One line in Latin from Terence].

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Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804. Observations on the increase of infidelity

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Letters addressed to the philosophers and politicians of France, on the subject of religion To which is prefixed, Observations relating to the causes of the general prevalence of infidelity. By Joseph Priestley, L.L.D. F.R.S. &c. &c. [One line in Latin from Terence].