Alberto Radicati, conte di Passerano (1698–1737)

I read this brief work as an e-book transcription by Google. The transcription was done rather poorly, with many words on each page distorted, leaving me guessing the meaning.
The arguments are clear and surprising for the age: full determinism, materialism, atheism, anticlericalism, moral relativism, naturalism and anger at the pernicious influence of 'education'. It ends with a frank plea for the right of man to end a life which is considered unworthy.
The book caused a scandal when first published. Today, it is a living proof of the enduring existence of persons who disagreed with the ideology of their times and who did not hesitate to risk everything for the right to express their divergent ideas.… (meer)