10 definitions
Atheism (n.) does not debase man — superstition and idolatry do; Bayle proved that a society of atheists is possible and an atheist can be worthy of respect.
An Atheist (n.) plainly distinguishes good reasoning from bad — so why not vice from virtue?
Consent (n.) of all mankind, as an argument against atheism, is more damaged by barbarous and ignorant nations of atheists than by learned and polite ones.
Liberty (n.) explains no moral evil: it could have been bound by motives like those of saints and angels, and men are as well pleased to be determined to good.
Monotheism (n.) is not proved by speaking of God in the singular — Christians speak of the devil the same way.
Pleasure (n.) men love more than they hate pain.
Religion (n.) unites all men at one point only — that there is a first cause; add a proposition and the non-conformists appear.
Spinozism (n.) was mocked by Bayle: on its terms, 'the Germans killed ten thousand Turks' should be said as 'God, modified in the Germans, killed God modified in ten thousand Turks'.
The Universe (n.) could have been built on many plans, matter being indifferent to every motion and the soul a blank page to every perception — strange that none should be better than this one.
Vice (n.) is common to men, yet they hate a religion that authorizes it.