O grande monstro: o ateu no século XVII inglês

In: Griot: Revista de Filosofia, Band 17, Heft 1, S. 315-325

Abstract

The English atheist in the 17th century is characterized by a polyphony of meanings. But, how would you say the atheist would be in this period? What is the image of the atheist? What is the criterion for specifying the atheist's modus operandi? How to attribute the legal status of someone who is accused of atheism? These are some questions that this text intends to answer, aiming at mapping the various meanings of what is meant by an atheist in the seventeenth century English, in an attempt to extract a concept.