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The History of the Devil
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A provocative history of Satan as Defoe examines temptation, evil, human responsibility and religious imagination.
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The History of the Devil
A provocative history of Satan as Defoe examines temptation, evil, human responsibility and religious imagination. Daniel Defoe traces the imagined career of the Devil through theology, temptation, moral choice and the contradictions of human history.
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Daniel Defoe died in 1731; this 1726 theological satire is public domain.
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- 01Full text
- 02THE
- 03HISTORY
- 04OF THE
- 05DEVIL,
- 06AS WELL
- 07ANCIENT as MODERN:
- 08IN TWO PARTS.
- 09The Second Edition.
- 10LONDON:
- 11The PREFACE
- 12TO THE
- 13SECOND EDITION.
- 14THE HISTORY OF THE DEVIL, &c.
- 15Chap. I.
- 16Chap. II.
- 17Chap. III.
- 18Chap. IV.
- 19Chap. V.
- 20Chap. VI.
- 21Chap. VII.
- 22Chap. VIII.
- 23Chap. IX.
- 24Chap. X.
- 25Chap. XI.
- 26PART II. OF THE Modern History OF THE DEVIL.
- 27Chap. I.
- 28Chap. II.
- 29Chap. III.
- 30Chap. IV.
- 31Chap. V.
- 32Chap. VI.
- 33Chap. VII.
- 34Chap. VIII.
- 35Chap. IX.
- 36Chap. X.
- 37Chap. XI.
- 38The CONCLUSION.
- 39F I N I S.
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