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The world unmask'd: or, The philosopher the greatest cheat; in twenty-four dialogues between Crito a philosopher, Philo a lawyer, and Erastus, a merchant. In which true virtue is distinguished from what usually bears the name or resemblance of it: the many prejudices and mistakes in judgment and practice, in regard to conscience and religion, are examined and rectified... To which is added, The state of souls separated from their bodies ... in answer to a treatise, entitled, An enquiry into Origenism. Together with a large introduction, evincing the same truth from the principles of natural religion

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Title: The world unmask'd: or, The philosopher the greatest cheat; in twenty-four dialogues between Crito a philosopher, Philo a lawyer, and Erastus, a merchant. In which true virtue is distinguished from what usually bears the name or resemblance of it: the many prejudices and mistakes in judgment and practice, in regard to conscience and religion, are examined and rectified... To which is added, The state of souls separated from their bodies ... in answer to a treatise, entitled, An enquiry into Origenism. Together with a large introduction, evincing the same truth from the principles of natural religion

Other titles: Monde fou préféré au monde sage; The state of souls; Origenism

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Classmark: Philosophy D-8/HUB

Creator(s): Huber, Marie (1695-1753)

Additional creator(s): Muralt, Béat Louis de (1665-1749) (Other)

Related people: Ruchat, Abraham, 1678-1750; Muralt, Béat Louis de

Publisher: Printed for A. Millar

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1736

Language: English

Size and medium: viii, 446 p

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/205659

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991010365979705181

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The authorship of the original treatises, by contemporary writers ascribed to B. L. de Muralt, was revealed in the third edition of the author's Lettres sur la religion essentielle à l'homme, published after her death by her parents (Londres, 1756) It was, however, believed in Geneva, that Muralt had some share in her books. cf. E. Ritter, B. L. de Muralt, in Zeitschrift f. neufranz. sprache u. literatur, 3. band (1882) p. [187] ff.; V. Rossel, Histoire littéraire de la Suisse romande, t. II (1891) p.30-47; Quérard, La France littéraire; J. Senebier, Hist. litt. de Geneve, III (1786) p. 84-85.


The assumption that B. de Mandeville wrote the present work is without foundation.

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