History of atheism

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  • Heinrich Füger, Prometheus Brings Fire to Mankind, circa 1817.
    Heinrich Füger, Prometheus Brings Fire to Mankind, circa 1817.
  • Leucippus, painting by Luca Giordano.
    Valued images Leucippus, painting by Luca Giordano.
  • Bust tentatively identified as Democritus. Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum.
    Bust tentatively identified as Democritus. Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum.
  • Charles-Antoine Coypel, Cheerful Democritus, 1746.
    Valued images Charles-Antoine Coypel, Cheerful Democritus, 1746.
  • Diagoras of Melos and Critias. The School of Athens, 1510.
    Diagoras of Melos and Critias. The School of Athens, 1510.
  • Epicurus.
    Epicurus.
  • Epicurus.
    Valued images Epicurus.
  • Epicurus. Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum.
    Epicurus. Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum.
  • Agostino Scilla, Epicurus, circa 1670–1680.
    Valued images Agostino Scilla, Epicurus, circa 1670–1680.
  • In his work De rerum natura, Lucretius stated that everything consists of atoms moving in infinity.
    Featured pictures In his work De rerum natura, Lucretius stated that everything consists of atoms moving in infinity.
  • Lucretius pointing to the movement of the atoms, illustration from 1682.
    Featured pictures Valued images Lucretius pointing to the movement of the atoms, illustration from 1682.
  • Italian poet Guido Cavalcanti.
    Italian poet Guido Cavalcanti.
  • De rerum natura by Lucretius, between 1475 and 1494.
    Valued images De rerum natura by Lucretius, between 1475 and 1494.
  • English translation of De rerum natura, 1683.
    English translation of De rerum natura, 1683.
  • Thomas Hobbes.
    Thomas Hobbes.
  • Theophrastus redivivus, between 1600 and 1700.
    Valued images Theophrastus redivivus, between 1600 and 1700.
  • Denis Diderot.
    Valued images Denis Diderot.
  • Louis Carmontelle, Portrait of Baron d'Holbach, 1766.
    Louis Carmontelle, Portrait of Baron d'Holbach, 1766.
  • Alexander Roslin, Baron d'Holbach, 1785.
    Alexander Roslin, Baron d'Holbach, 1785.
  • Paul Thiry d’Holbach: The System of Nature (1770).
    Valued images Paul Thiry d’Holbach: The System of Nature (1770).
  • Encyclopédie.
    Valued images Encyclopédie.
  • Jean Huber, Un dîner de philosophes, 1772. Voltaire, Nicolas de Condorcet, Diderot and other philosophers.
    Jean Huber, Un dîner de philosophes, 1772. Voltaire, Nicolas de Condorcet, Diderot and other philosophers.
  • David Hume.
    David Hume.
  • Civil marriage became possible with the French Revolution.
    Valued images Civil marriage became possible with the French Revolution.
  • Jeremy Bentham.
    Valued images Jeremy Bentham.
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1819.
    Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1819.
  • Ludwig Feuerbach.
    Ludwig Feuerbach.
  • Monument to Ludwig Feuerbach in Nuremberg.
    Monument to Ludwig Feuerbach in Nuremberg.
  • Monument to Ludwig Feuerbach in Nuremberg.
    Monument to Ludwig Feuerbach in Nuremberg.
  • Sarcophagus of Ludwig Feuerbach with text "Man created god in his own image."
    Sarcophagus of Ludwig Feuerbach with text "Man created god in his own image."
  • Sarcophagus of Ludwig Feuerbach with text "Do good for man's sake."
    Sarcophagus of Ludwig Feuerbach with text "Do good for man's sake."
  • Karl Marx.
    Valued images Karl Marx.
  • Statue of Charles Bradlaugh.
    Statue of Charles Bradlaugh.
  • The Society for the Suppression of Blasphemous Literature and Herbert Spencer. Puck 1883.
    The Society for the Suppression of Blasphemous Literature and Herbert Spencer. Puck 1883.
  • Tombstone detail of a freethinker, 19th century.
    Tombstone detail of a freethinker, 19th century.
  • German stamp from 2000, 100th anniversary of the death of Friedrich Nietzsche.
    German stamp from 2000, 100th anniversary of the death of Friedrich Nietzsche.
  • Edvard Munch, Friedrich Nietzsche, 1906.
    Valued images Edvard Munch, Friedrich Nietzsche, 1906.
  • Explainer video on Nietzsche's thoughts relating to his declaration "God is dead".
  • Watson Heston, Two Ways to Go, 1896.
    Valued images Watson Heston, Two Ways to Go, 1896.
  • Jugendweihe is a secular coming of age ceremony practiced by German 14 year olds. Photograph from early 20th century.
    Jugendweihe is a secular coming of age ceremony practiced by German 14 year olds. Photograph from early 20th century.
  • "It's incomprehensible that people don't believe in God when even the emperor believes!" 1911 drawing by Ernst Heilemann in German satirical magazine Simplicissimus.
    "It's incomprehensible that people don't believe in God when even the emperor believes!" 1911 drawing by Ernst Heilemann in German satirical magazine Simplicissimus.
  • Monument to the Freethinkers association in the Dasbeck cemetery, Germany.
    Monument to the Freethinkers association in the Dasbeck cemetery, Germany.
  • Memorial by The Freethinkers' Association for Cremation, 1930, Magdeburg.
    Valued images Memorial by The Freethinkers' Association for Cremation, 1930, Magdeburg.
  • Roger Fry, Bertrand Russell, circa 1923.
    Roger Fry, Bertrand Russell, circa 1923.
  • Bertrand Russell in 1936.
    Valued images Bertrand Russell in 1936.
  • Bertrand Russell in 1936.
    Bertrand Russell in 1936.
  • Bust of Bertrand Russell in London.
    Valued images Bust of Bertrand Russell in London.
  • Soviet poster from 1920.
    Soviet poster from 1920.
  • "I am free now too!". A propaganda poster encouraging young women of Soviet Turkestan to join the Komsomol, 1921.
    Valued images "I am free now too!". A propaganda poster encouraging young women of Soviet Turkestan to join the Komsomol, 1921.
  • Soviet propaganda poster from the 1920s.
    Soviet propaganda poster from the 1920s.
  • Cover of the Soviet magazine Bezbozhnik in 1929.
    Cover of the Soviet magazine Bezbozhnik in 1929.
  • Soviet anti-religious books from 1958–1959.
    Soviet anti-religious books from 1958–1959.
  • The Foucault pendulum inside the cathedral in USSR.
    Valued images The Foucault pendulum inside the cathedral in USSR.
  • E. V. Ramasami (Periyar). Indian Postage stamp 1978.
    E. V. Ramasami (Periyar). Indian Postage stamp 1978.
  • Periyar Memorial, Chennai.
    Periyar Memorial, Chennai.
  • Commemorative stamp on Gora (Goparaju Ramachandra Rao), India 2002.
    Commemorative stamp on Gora (Goparaju Ramachandra Rao), India 2002.
  • Richard Dawkins in 2005.
    Richard Dawkins in 2005.
  • Richard Dawkins: The God Delusion (2006).
    Richard Dawkins: The God Delusion (2006).
  • Christopher Hitchens 2007.
    Christopher Hitchens 2007.
  • Stephen Hawking.
    Stephen Hawking.
  • "The Four Horsemen of the Non-Apocalypse": Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris.
    "The Four Horsemen of the Non-Apocalypse": Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris.
  • Philosopher Telmo Pievani in Rome at the 2012 Darwin Day organised by UAAR.
    Philosopher Telmo Pievani in Rome at the 2012 Darwin Day organised by UAAR.
  • Biologist Richard Dawkins, cosmologist Lawrence Krauss and science writer Julia Galef in 2015.
    Biologist Richard Dawkins, cosmologist Lawrence Krauss and science writer Julia Galef in 2015.
  • Hungarian Atheist Society at Budapest Pride 2016.
    Hungarian Atheist Society at Budapest Pride 2016.
  • Bart Campolo's lecture to the Atheist Community of San Jose in May 2017.
    Bart Campolo's lecture to the Atheist Community of San Jose in May 2017.
  • Atheist of the Year award presented by Kazimierz Lyszczynski Foundation.
    Quality images Atheist of the Year award presented by Kazimierz Lyszczynski Foundation.
  • Demand for the release of prisoners accused of blasphemy and apostasy, 2017.
    Demand for the release of prisoners accused of blasphemy and apostasy, 2017.
  • Sarah Haider and Maryam Namazie in 2019.
    Sarah Haider and Maryam Namazie in 2019.

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