All 23 Uses of
atheist
in
The Idiot
- You believe nothing, atheist!†
Chpt 2.2 *
- I had often heard of him as a very learned man, but an atheist; and I was very glad of the opportunity of conversing with so eminent and clever a person.†
Chpt 2.4
- The essence of religious feeling has nothing to do with reason, or atheism, or crime, or acts of any kind—it has nothing to do with these things—and never had.†
Chpt 2.4
- There is something besides all this, something which the arguments of the atheists can never touch.†
Chpt 2.4
- You, have got hold of this lad "—(she pointed to Colia); "you, have turned his head, you have taught him to be an atheist, you don't believe in God, and you are not too old to be whipped, sir!†
Chpt 2.9
- "And you will call on that atheist?" she continued, pointing to Hippolyte.†
Chpt 2.9
- I have grown convinced that nature is full of mockery—you called me an atheist just now, but you know this nature…. why are you laughing again?†
Chpt 2.10
- Half an hour ago, prince, it was agreed among us that no one should interrupt, no one should laugh, that each person was to express his thoughts freely; and then at the end, when everyone had spoken, objections might be made, even by the atheists.†
Chpt 3.4
- More candid, more exact, more honest, more honourable, and…. although I may show you my weak side, I challenge you all; you atheists, for instance!†
Chpt 3.4
- However, a week ago, I called in a medical student, Kislorodoff, who is a Nationalist, an Atheist, and a Nihilist, by conviction, and that is why I had him.†
Chpt 3.5
- "Look here, my dear sir," he began, addressing Ptitsin in a very loud tone of voice; "if you have really made up your mind to sacrifice an old man—your father too or at all events father of your wife—an old man who has served his emperor—to a wretched little atheist like this, all I can say is, sir, my foot shall cease to tread your floors.†
Chpt 4.2
- He wishes me to be a pervert to atheism.†
Chpt 4.2
- And in the second place, Roman Catholicism is, in my opinion, worse than Atheism itself.†
Chpt 4.7
- Atheism only preaches a negation, but Romanism goes further; it preaches a disfigured, distorted Christ—it preaches Anti-Christ—I assure you, I swear it!†
Chpt 4.7
- How could the upshot of all this be other than Atheism?†
Chpt 4.7
- Atheism is the child of Roman Catholicism—it proceeded from these Romans themselves, though perhaps they would not believe it.†
Chpt 4.7
- Atheism!†
Chpt 4.7
- It and its brother Atheism proceed from Despair in opposition to Catholicism.†
Chpt 4.7
- If one of us becomes an Atheist, he must needs begin to insist on the prohibition of faith in God by force, that is, by the sword.†
Chpt 4.7
- Oh, it is not from vanity alone, it is not from feelings of vanity that Russians become Atheists and Jesuits!†
Chpt 4.7
- It is easier for a Russian to become an Atheist, than for any other nationality in the world.†
Chpt 4.7
- And not only does a Russian 'become an Atheist,' but he actually BELIEVES IN Atheism, just as though he had found a new faith, not perceiving that he has pinned his faith to a negation.†
Chpt 4.7
- And not only does a Russian 'become an Atheist,' but he actually BELIEVES IN Atheism, just as though he had found a new faith, not perceiving that he has pinned his faith to a negation.†
Chpt 4.7
Definition:
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(atheist) someone who does not believe in the existence of god