Project Gutenberg 2012-07-11 Public domain in the USA. 147 Carlile, Richard 1790 1843 Philanthropos Carlisle, Richard Deist A Letter to the Society for the Suppression of Vice, on Their Malignant Efforts to Prevent a Free Enquiry After Truth and Reason Produced by David Widger "A Letter to the Society for the Suppression of Vice, on Their Malignant Efforts…" by R. Carlile is a polemical letter written in the early 19th century. This work critiques the efforts of a societal organization aimed at suppressing free inquiry and discourse on moral and religious grounds. Carlile defiantly challenges the motivations and actions of this society, arguing for the importance of intellectual freedom and the right to question established religious beliefs. In the letter, Carlile expresses his outrage at being imprisoned for publishing works he views as legitimate inquiries into morality and religion, particularly challenging the authority of the Christian church and its associated institutions. He rebukes the Society for their oppressive tactics and accuses them of undermining true virtue through their attempts to silence dissent. Emphasizing the need for dialogue and reasoned argument over coercion and fear, Carlile calls for an embrace of intellectual liberty, asserting that ignorance and superstition are the real obstacles to human progress. Overall, the work is a passionate defense of free thought and a critique of institutionalized oppression, cementing Carlile's role as a notable advocate for intellectual freedom in his time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 46.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. Age of reason Society for the Suppression of Vice (London, England) DA Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: British Literature Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Religion/Spirituality 52737 2025-08-16T10:28:01.739480 text/html 28577 2024-10-23T09:34:16 text/html 127224 2025-08-16T10:28:07.545504 application/epub+zip 125710 2025-08-16T10:28:05.287493 application/epub+zip 75081 2025-08-16T10:28:04.066486 application/epub+zip 333463 2025-08-16T10:28:09.197463 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 325340 2025-08-16T10:28:06.773494 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 95171 2022-09-18T12:06:17.893180 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 42845 2025-08-16T10:28:01.498515 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 42528 2024-11-27T19:53:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17428 2025-08-16T10:28:09.318471 application/rdf+xml 25879 2025-08-16T10:28:04.558460 image/jpeg 4700 2025-08-16T10:28:04.312469 image/jpeg 125163 2025-08-16T10:28:01.745479 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia