Why We Keep Asking "Was Machiavelli an Atheist?" -- more that somewhat about the history of atheism , and why modern people are apt to see atheists in eras before they were likely to exist. This essay is the last in a lively and fascinating history of the weirdness that was the politics and religion of Renaissance Italy. (Previously mentioned at LW.)
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