Ingersoll on THE GREAT INFIDELS, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, Lectures
Col. Ingersoll begins his lectures on famous people as follows: "It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and women of genius. Take from our world what they have given, and all the niches would be empty, all the walls naked—meaning and connection would fall from words of poetry and fiction, music would go back to common air, and all the forms of subtle and enchanting Art would lose proportion and become the unmeaning waste and shattered spoil of thoughtless Chance." One of the most famous orators of his day, a contemporary and personal friend of Mark Twain and General Grant, Ingersoll's lectures on famous people in this series include: SHAKESPEARE, ROBERT BURNS, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, VOLTAIRE, WALT WHITMAN; followed by an inspiring talk on THE GREAT INFIDELS; WHICH WAY? (science or superstition); and ABOUT THE HOLY BIBLE.
Each lecture in Volume 3, plus 2 lectures on HUMBOLDT and THOMAS PAINE from Volume 1 (of the 12 volume Dresden Edition), will be presented on Librivox as a separate audiobook in the series called Ingersoll Lectures, Famous People. ( Michele Fry)
Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography
Language: English
Keyword(s): Voltaire (13), Galileo (7), franklin (7), Spinoza (6), David Hume (6), Diderot (5), infidel (5), paine (4), jefferson (4), Bruno (3) ... [Show full list]
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | I. Introduction | Michele Fry |
00:05:08 |
| Play 02 | II. The Origin of God and Heaven, Of The Devil and Hell | Brian Levine |
00:15:01 |
| Play 03 | III. The Appeal to the Cemetery | Rita Boutros |
00:13:32 |
| Play 04 | IV. Sacred Books | Rita Boutros |
00:06:55 |
| Play 05 | V. Fear | Rita Boutros |
00:11:21 |
| Play 06 | VI. The Death Test | Rita Boutros |
00:03:56 |
| Play 07 | VII. Julian | Rita Boutros |
00:07:12 |
| Play 08 | VIII. Bruno | Rita Boutros |
00:08:36 |
| Play 09 | IX. The Church in the Time of Voltaire | Florence |
00:06:29 |
| Play 10 | X. Voltaire | Florence |
00:08:54 |
| Play 11 | XI. Diderot, "Doubt is the First Step Toward Truth" | William Allan Jones |
00:07:22 |
| Play 12 | XII. David Hume | William Allan Jones |
00:16:02 |
| Play 13 | XIII. Benedict Spinosa | Brian Levine |
00:05:43 |
| Play 14 | XIV. Our Infidels (Paine, Franklin, Jefferson) | Rita Boutros |
00:04:57 |
| Play 15 | XV. Thomas Paine | Brian Levine |
00:13:32 |
| Play 16 | XVI. Conclusion | Rita Boutros |
00:03:34 |