ANNET, PETER. - English deist, b. in Liverpool in 1693, d. in London in 1769; a vehement but confused polemicist. The newspaper that he founded in 1761, but of which only nine issues appeared, The Free Enquirer, was condemned by the Anglican authorities and suppressed as blasphemous for its attacks against the historical narratives of the Old Testament, which earned him prison and the pillory. His doctrines derive from the old schools of English deism and in certain respects anticipate the naturism of Rousseau. The principal ones are collected in Collection des tracts d'un libre penseur connu comme ayant souffert pour ses opinions, s. d., where he ends up maintaining that the great religious duty consists in free thought. A. invented a new system of shorthand, and a polemical writing in defense of George II is attributed to him, which would have inspired Voltaire's «Saul».
BibliographyThe Cambridge History of English Literature, under the direction of A. W. Ward and A. R. Waller, Cambridge 1907-16, IX, pp. 288, 294, 304. A
BIBL.:The Cambridge History of English Literature, under the direction of A. W. Ward and A. R. Waller, Cambridge 1907-16, IX, pp. 288, 294, 304.
Guidi, Augusto. “Annet, peter.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, coll. 1370–1371. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/annet-peter.
MLA
Guidi, Augusto. “Annet, peter.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, coll. 1370–1371. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/annet-peter.
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@incollection{ec1_annet_peter,
author = {Guidi, Augusto},
title = {Annet, peter},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {I},
pages = {1370--1371},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1948},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/annet-peter}
}
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