{"product_id":"the-ghosts-and-other-lectures","title":"The Ghosts, and Other Lectures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if the ghosts that haunt us are the fears we inherit?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Ghosts, and Other Lectures, Robert Green Ingersoll challenges the hold of religious fear on human minds. These speeches turn toward God, the Bible, hell and human freedom. In the title lecture, he argues that old beliefs about invisible powers still haunt the living—and asks what reason, science and kindness might put in their place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHumboldt and Thomas Paine offer portraits of men Ingersoll admires. Individuality and Heretics and Heresies defend independent thought, while The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child brings his argument into the home. His speeches move quickly, with jokes and strong closing passages. The attacks on religious authority are blunt; the concern for human freedom runs throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOld fears under scrutiny\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore Ingersoll’s argument that inherited terrors shape how people understand storms, sickness and death.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA conscience of your own\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet a forceful challenge to the claim that any book should command unquestioning belief.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eScience and honest dissent\u003c\/strong\u003e – Discover why Ingersoll honors Humboldt’s example and defends the widely scorned Thomas Paine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe courage to differ\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow his defense of people who think for themselves rather than accept inherited authority.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFreedom behind the front door\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider his insistence that liberty must reach women and children within the home.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who enjoy oratory, debates about faith and doubt, and the history of free thought in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now and meet Ingersoll’s sharp questions about fear, conscience and freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534633894236,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/03311_en_ebook-front_c15.jpg?v=1792174985","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/products\/the-ghosts-and-other-lectures","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}