How To Be An Agnostic

Index

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Abraham 16
agnosticism 13, 43–6, 150, 153,
195–8, 216, 248, 259
in ancient Greece 25–7
distinguishing between atheism
and 179–85
as indifference 15
meaning of 13–15
as religious 179, 193, 222–5
in science 17, 18, 48–84, 156
and Socrates see Socrates,
agnostic wisdom of
as way of life 198, 199–225,
226–60
agonistic spirit 16, 17, 226–8
alchemy 48, 49–50, 53, 54–5
Alcibiades 41
Alexander the Great 32
All Souls Day 189–90
Alpha Course 139
anatta (no-self) 127
Anaxagoras 89
Anglicanism 253–4
Anselm, Saint 146–7, 194
Anytus 23
apophatic theology 170, 175–9,
180–2, 196, 197–8
aporia 204–5
Appius 32
Aquinas, Thomas 115, 142–5,
167–8, 170, 171, 225, 233–4,
238
Aristophanes 24, 28, 243, 245

Aristotle 95, 101, 102 , 103, 104,

122, 207, 209, 213, 237, 238,

240

Armstrong, Karen 156, 157–8,

159

Arnold, Matthew 181

Asclepius 47

Aslan, Reza 164

atheism 8, 9–10, 25, 36, 39, 44,

116, 138, 146–52, 153, 158,

170, 178, 194, 200

in ancient Greece 28, 37

distinguishing between

agnosticism and 179–85

and God 139–42

Atiyah, Michael 91–2

atomists 237–8

attachment theory 108

Attenborough, David 73–5

Augustine of Hippo 4, 134, 224,

227, 245

Aurelius, Marcus 122

backward causation 67

Bacon, Francis 54

Baggini, Julian 139–40, 141

Batchelor, Stephen 123,

132–3

Benedict, Saint 213

Benedict XVI, Pope 163

Benn, Tony 12

Bentham, Jeremy 94

Berry, Thomas 68