Project Gutenberg 2015-11-22 Public domain in the USA. 385 Lucas, Jean Maximilien 1697 Arpe, Peter Friedrich 1682 1740 Aymon, Jean 1661 La Monnoye, Bernard de 1641 1728 Monnoye, Bernard de La De La Monnoye, Bernard Monnoie, Bernard de La Rousset de Missy, Jean 1686 1762 De Missy, Jean Rousset Missy, Jean Rousset de Vroese, Jan 34023425 The Three Impostors Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Three Impostors" by Multiple Authors is a philosophical treatise written in the late 17th century, that challenges established religious beliefs and the existence of divine authority. The text explores the notion of three key figures in religion—Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad—and argues that they are impostors who manipulated followers through fear and ignorance, discussion about authority in religion, and an examination of the origins of religious beliefs. The opening portion of the work lays a foundation for a critical examination of human belief systems, suggesting that the popular concept of God and religions arise from fear and the need for explanations regarding the unknown. It suggests that rather than being divinely inspired, religious figures utilized magic, manipulation, and political savvy to sway the masses, exploiting their ignorance. The text questions traditional views of divinity, positing that both the supernatural and the inherent social structures have conspired to maintain a false understanding of spirituality, thereby initiating a profound discourse on the nature of belief, ethics, and societal governance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 57.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Rationalism Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677 De tribus impostoribus BL Text Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Religion/Spirituality 284602 2025-09-20T09:49:21.642376 text/html 257876 2024-10-22T23:29:46 text/html 167389 2025-09-20T09:49:28.530326 application/epub+zip 174694 2025-09-20T09:49:23.682366 application/epub+zip 167300 2025-09-20T09:49:22.673357 application/epub+zip 288724 2025-09-20T09:49:31.735336 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 253042 2025-09-20T09:49:27.378338 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 228722 2022-09-22T20:38:45.242241 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 190331 2025-09-20T09:49:20.602391 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 170331 2024-10-22T23:29:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19350 2025-09-20T09:49:31.900313 application/rdf+xml 19464 2025-09-20T09:49:22.781365 image/jpeg 2789 2025-09-20T09:49:22.729359 image/jpeg 155653 2025-09-20T09:49:21.671377 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 en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia