''Principles of Nature'', also known as ''The Principles of Nature, or A Development of the Moral Causes of Happiness and Misery among the Human Species'', was a work written in 1801 by Elihu Palmer. The work was similar to

Thomas Paine Thomas Paine (born Thomas Pain; – In the contemporary record as noted by Conway, Paine's birth date is given as January 29, 1736–37. Common practice was to use a dash or a slash to separate the old-style year from the new-style year. In ...

's writings, and focused on "God, Deism, "revealed" religions, etc." It has been considered the

Bible The Bible is a collection of religious texts that are central to Christianity and Judaism, and esteemed in other Abrahamic religions such as Islam. The Bible is an anthology (a compilation of texts of a variety of forms) originally writt ...

of American

deism Deism ( or ; derived from the Latin term '' deus'', meaning "god") is the philosophical position and rationalistic theology that generally rejects revelation as a source of divine knowledge and asserts that empirical reason and observation ...

. Although Palmer first published in America, after his death, in 1819, ''Principles of Nature'' was published in England. Richard Carlile was fined and jailed for several years for publishing Palmer's work in Britain (among other works deemed

blasphemous Blasphemy refers to an insult that shows contempt, disrespect or lack of Reverence (emotion), reverence concerning a deity, an object considered sacred, or something considered Sanctity of life, inviolable. Some religions, especially Abrahamic o ...

, including those by

) .

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* {{Authority control 1801 non-fiction books Deism Philosophy of religion literature