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مدنية المسلمين في اسبانيا
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115 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1935
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Joseph McCabe
908 books26 followersJoseph McCabe was born in Cheshire, England, on November 12, 1867 to Catholic parents. His father, William McCabe, was born in Ireland and had inherited the faith. He fled famine and poverty in Ireland and wound up in the Lancaster slums of England. Joseph's mother, Harriet Kirk, was English and converted to Catholicism when she married William. Harriet named her second son Joseph, hoping he would follow his namesake's lead and enter the church.
The McCabe children attended the local Catholic schools where Joseph attained the stature of a model pupil and a zealous believer. (The details of McCabe's early life are in his autobiography and literary classic, Eighty Years a Rebel, published by E. Haldeman-Julius.) At the age of 16 (1883) McCabe entered the preparatory college at the Gorton Franciscan Monastery. He was ordained at age 23 (1890) and became a Catholic priest. Then, in recognition of his outstanding intellectual prowess, he was appointed to a prominent post of "professor of philosophy." However, as his knowledge deepened his doubts grew.
At the age of 23 he renounced the church and thereafter dedicated his life to promoting intellectual emancipation. It was during the Christmas break of 1895, while at the Franciscan Monastery, that he "descended" into the final crisis of faith.
McCabe was a very popular lecturer and gave many thousands of lectures for over five decades throughout the world, including frequent lecture tours in the United States. McCabe himself stated that, "At least one million folk have heard me lecture in America and Britain."
McCabe exchanged many letters with well-known politicians, scientists (most notably, Ernst Haeckel), and writers of his time. This correspondence included such famous men as Bertrand Russell, Arthur Conan Doyle, Francisco Ferrer, a Spanish anarchist, and the famous historian and writer, H.G. Wells, among many others.
It was McCabe's influence that is largely credited with convincing H.G. Wells of the nefarious nature of the Catholic church, to such an extent that Wells went on to write, "The most evil institution in the world is the Roman Catholic Church."
Haldeman-Julius, once wrote that, "If I had done nothing more than bring McCabe's talents to the attention of what has become a world-wide audience--if I had done only this job, I believe I'd have established myself as a force for mass education and enlightenment with immediate and constructive effects on the thinking portion of the population. My association with McCabe has been enough to build a career for anyone."
McCabe was an ardent student and supporter of the theory of evolution. His translation of Ernst Haeckel's work on evolution in 1900 (McCabe retitled it The Riddle of the Universe) put McCabe on the world's literary map. McCabe's translation sold an astonishing number of copies for that or any other period of time--over half a million copies in Germany alone and a quarter of a million copies elsewhere!
In 1949 Haldeman-Julius stated that by his own reckoning McCabe had written 121 "Little Blue Books" and 122 "Big Blue Books," for a total of some 7,600,000 words. For this monumental output the author was paid a total of about $100,000. McCabe, according to his own estimate, claimed that in his 50 years of writing he had penned the astonishing total of 15 million words--a record that may never be equaled in all of literary history!
You owe it to yourselves to acquaint and reacquaint and enrich and enlighten your life by learning more about this most remarkable man, Joseph McCabe.
More: https://ffrf.org/publications/freetho...
http://infidels.org/library/historica...
http://www.philosopedia.org/index.php...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_M...
The McCabe children attended the local Catholic schools where Joseph attained the stature of a model pupil and a zealous believer. (The details of McCabe's early life are in his autobiography and literary classic, Eighty Years a Rebel, published by E. Haldeman-Julius.) At the age of 16 (1883) McCabe entered the preparatory college at the Gorton Franciscan Monastery. He was ordained at age 23 (1890) and became a Catholic priest. Then, in recognition of his outstanding intellectual prowess, he was appointed to a prominent post of "professor of philosophy." However, as his knowledge deepened his doubts grew.
At the age of 23 he renounced the church and thereafter dedicated his life to promoting intellectual emancipation. It was during the Christmas break of 1895, while at the Franciscan Monastery, that he "descended" into the final crisis of faith.
McCabe was a very popular lecturer and gave many thousands of lectures for over five decades throughout the world, including frequent lecture tours in the United States. McCabe himself stated that, "At least one million folk have heard me lecture in America and Britain."
McCabe exchanged many letters with well-known politicians, scientists (most notably, Ernst Haeckel), and writers of his time. This correspondence included such famous men as Bertrand Russell, Arthur Conan Doyle, Francisco Ferrer, a Spanish anarchist, and the famous historian and writer, H.G. Wells, among many others.
It was McCabe's influence that is largely credited with convincing H.G. Wells of the nefarious nature of the Catholic church, to such an extent that Wells went on to write, "The most evil institution in the world is the Roman Catholic Church."
Haldeman-Julius, once wrote that, "If I had done nothing more than bring McCabe's talents to the attention of what has become a world-wide audience--if I had done only this job, I believe I'd have established myself as a force for mass education and enlightenment with immediate and constructive effects on the thinking portion of the population. My association with McCabe has been enough to build a career for anyone."
McCabe was an ardent student and supporter of the theory of evolution. His translation of Ernst Haeckel's work on evolution in 1900 (McCabe retitled it The Riddle of the Universe) put McCabe on the world's literary map. McCabe's translation sold an astonishing number of copies for that or any other period of time--over half a million copies in Germany alone and a quarter of a million copies elsewhere!
In 1949 Haldeman-Julius stated that by his own reckoning McCabe had written 121 "Little Blue Books" and 122 "Big Blue Books," for a total of some 7,600,000 words. For this monumental output the author was paid a total of about $100,000. McCabe, according to his own estimate, claimed that in his 50 years of writing he had penned the astonishing total of 15 million words--a record that may never be equaled in all of literary history!
You owe it to yourselves to acquaint and reacquaint and enrich and enlighten your life by learning more about this most remarkable man, Joseph McCabe.
More: https://ffrf.org/publications/freetho...
http://infidels.org/library/historica...
http://www.philosopedia.org/index.php...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_M...
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September 16, 2015
الكتاب يتعرض لجزء هام من تاريخ المسلمين فى الاندلس ويوضح الفرق الشاسع بين تنظيم وتعداد ونظافة المدن بما بها من روائع الفن المعماري فى عهد المسلمين وما وما اصبحت عليه شبه جزيرة ايبريا بعد خروج المور منها وسقوطها فى ايدي القشتاليين ... اهم ما فى الكتاب انه جاء على لسان مؤرخ امريكي قضى فترة كبيرة من حياته راهبا فى الكنيسة الكاثوليكي فلا يمكن وصف ما جاء فى الكتاب انه من باب الافتراء على الكنيسة الكاثوليكية او تحيزا لجانب المسلمين .
August 27, 2017
عن الأندلس ومدنيتها
بقلم كاتب ومؤرخ أمريكي
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يحكي عن كذب المؤرخين النصارى , وعن همجية الأوروبيين ومقابلها من تحضُر المسلمين
ورقي علومهم و حضارتهم في الأندلس , قبل سقوطها
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الكاتب طبعا مع فكرة اللادين , بالرغم من نشأته النصرانية , ولكنه كان منصفا في كلامه عن حضارة المحمديين كما يسميهم في الأندلس
ويبدوا أنه كان قاسيا عندما يتكلم عن همجية ووسخ وتخلف أوربة النصرانية وقتها
وعن دور همجيتهم قي اطفاء نور الحضارة في الاندلس , التي كانت ستجعل الحضارة تختصر سنوات لتقفز ما هي اليوم وأكثر
بقلم كاتب ومؤرخ أمريكي
,
يحكي عن كذب المؤرخين النصارى , وعن همجية الأوروبيين ومقابلها من تحضُر المسلمين
ورقي علومهم و حضارتهم في الأندلس , قبل سقوطها
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الكاتب طبعا مع فكرة اللادين , بالرغم من نشأته النصرانية , ولكنه كان منصفا في كلامه عن حضارة المحمديين كما يسميهم في الأندلس
ويبدوا أنه كان قاسيا عندما يتكلم عن همجية ووسخ وتخلف أوربة النصرانية وقتها
وعن دور همجيتهم قي اطفاء نور الحضارة في الاندلس , التي كانت ستجعل الحضارة تختصر سنوات لتقفز ما هي اليوم وأكثر
December 9, 2019
ليس الكاتب بحاجة الا كتاب من مئة وخمسين صفحة او يزيد ... يمكن تلخيص هذا الكتب في مقال !!
فهو يسرد التطور المعماري لاسبانيا في عهد المسلمين من البنايات والمنشات و الطرق و غيرها ... وايضا تحدث عن التطور الفكري من تطور شعر والكتابة .. كما انه ناقش الفرق بين اسبانيا و باقي اوروبا في ذلك العصر و ان معظم العلوم تم نقلها فيم بعد من اسبانيا الي باقي اوروبا...
الكتاب غير منظم تماما جميع الشتات ممكن ان تاتي في سطر واحد ويمكنك ملاحظة وجود تكرار الافكار بين الصفحات البعيدة و القريبة .. كما ان الكتاب سطحي
حيث انه لم يذكر طرق معينه للوصول لتقدم علي سبيل المثال المشاكل لتي كانت تواجه الدولة غيرها من القضايا.. فله نجمتان مع الفضل و الكرم
فهو يسرد التطور المعماري لاسبانيا في عهد المسلمين من البنايات والمنشات و الطرق و غيرها ... وايضا تحدث عن التطور الفكري من تطور شعر والكتابة .. كما انه ناقش الفرق بين اسبانيا و باقي اوروبا في ذلك العصر و ان معظم العلوم تم نقلها فيم بعد من اسبانيا الي باقي اوروبا...
الكتاب غير منظم تماما جميع الشتات ممكن ان تاتي في سطر واحد ويمكنك ملاحظة وجود تكرار الافكار بين الصفحات البعيدة و القريبة .. كما ان الكتاب سطحي
حيث انه لم يذكر طرق معينه للوصول لتقدم علي سبيل المثال المشاكل لتي كانت تواجه الدولة غيرها من القضايا.. فله نجمتان مع الفضل و الكرم
September 19, 2021
وشهد شاهد من أهلها
كتاب يكتبه أمريكي عن الحضارة الإسلامية في الأندلس ردا على من حرم المسلمين من ميراثهم ذاك بل نسبوا إليهم كل سوء أصاب ويصيب الأندلس، وبترجمة من عالم باللغة والدين زد إلى ذلك رحالة جوال، أقصد الإمام محمد تقي الدين الهلالي
كتاب يكتبه أمريكي عن الحضارة الإسلامية في الأندلس ردا على من حرم المسلمين من ميراثهم ذاك بل نسبوا إليهم كل سوء أصاب ويصيب الأندلس، وبترجمة من عالم باللغة والدين زد إلى ذلك رحالة جوال، أقصد الإمام محمد تقي الدين الهلالي
March 4, 2023
الكتاب جيد .. يحكي نتفاً مما صنعته العبقرية الإسلامية في الأندلس . و ما أتى عليه الحقد النصراني الاعمى من مجازر بحق المسلمين خاصة و الإنسانية بشكل عام .. الترجمة سيئة .. و الحرص على تقليل حجم الكتاب بجعله كتيباً شيء سيء أيضاً .
December 12, 2019
كتاب متحيز وعام
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