The Economic Tendency of Freethought
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The Economic Tendency of Freethought is an essay by anarchist writer Voltairine de Cleyre that explores the relationship between free thought, social progress, and economic conditions.
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Target entity: The Economic Tendency of Freethought Context triple: [Voltairine de Cleyre, notableWork, The Economic Tendency of Freethought]
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In Defense of Secular Humanism
In Defense of Secular Humanism is a philosophical work by Paul Kurtz that articulates and defends secular humanist ethics, reason, and skepticism as alternatives to religious belief.
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On Religion: Speeches to Its Cultured Despisers
On Religion: Speeches to Its Cultured Despisers is a foundational 1799 work of modern Protestant theology in which Friedrich Schleiermacher defends the essence of religious experience to skeptical, educated audiences of his time.
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A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians
A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians is an influential late-18th-century evangelical Christian treatise critiquing nominal Christianity and urging a more authentic, active faith.
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D.
An Analysis of Religious Belief
An Analysis of Religious Belief is a 19th-century work of religious criticism by John Russell, Viscount Amberley, examining the origins, validity, and social impact of religious doctrines.
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E.
Three Essays on Religion
Three Essays on Religion is a posthumously published collection of philosophical essays by John Stuart Mill that critically examines religious belief, theism, and the role of religion in moral life.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Economic Tendency of Freethought Target entity description: The Economic Tendency of Freethought is an essay by anarchist writer Voltairine de Cleyre that explores the relationship between free thought, social progress, and economic conditions.
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A.
In Defense of Secular Humanism
In Defense of Secular Humanism is a philosophical work by Paul Kurtz that articulates and defends secular humanist ethics, reason, and skepticism as alternatives to religious belief.
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B.
On Religion: Speeches to Its Cultured Despisers
On Religion: Speeches to Its Cultured Despisers is a foundational 1799 work of modern Protestant theology in which Friedrich Schleiermacher defends the essence of religious experience to skeptical, educated audiences of his time.
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C.
A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians
A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians is an influential late-18th-century evangelical Christian treatise critiquing nominal Christianity and urging a more authentic, active faith.
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D.
An Analysis of Religious Belief
An Analysis of Religious Belief is a 19th-century work of religious criticism by John Russell, Viscount Amberley, examining the origins, validity, and social impact of religious doctrines.
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E.
Three Essays on Religion
Three Essays on Religion is a posthumously published collection of philosophical essays by John Stuart Mill that critically examines religious belief, theism, and the role of religion in moral life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
anarchist essay
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essay ⓘ political essay ⓘ |
| argues |
that economic conditions shape the development of freethought
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that freethought movements tend to align with working-class interests ⓘ that genuine intellectual freedom requires economic justice ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American anarchism
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freethought movement ⓘ individualist anarchism ⓘ |
| author | Voltairine de Cleyre ⓘ |
| circulation | print ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| critiques |
bourgeois liberalism
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capitalist economic relations ⓘ organized religion ⓘ |
| discusses |
influence of material conditions on intellectual life
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limitations of purely religious or secular critique without economic analysis ⓘ relationship between free thought and economic structures ⓘ role of freethinkers in social change ⓘ |
| genre |
political philosophy
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social criticism ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
anarchist
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anti-capitalist ⓘ radical ⓘ secular ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
emancipation of the working class
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materialist analysis of ideas ⓘ relationship between religion and economic power ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
19th-century freethought movement
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anarchist political theory ⓘ labor struggles in the United States ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
anarchism
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capitalism ⓘ class relations ⓘ economic conditions ⓘ freethought ⓘ intellectual freedom ⓘ labor movement ⓘ religion and society ⓘ secularism ⓘ social progress ⓘ |
| notableFor |
articulating an anarchist view of intellectual freedom
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integration of secularism with social radicalism ⓘ linking freethought to economic critique ⓘ |
| partOf | Voltairine de Cleyre bibliography ⓘ |
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