author
Arthur B. Moss
b. 1855
A Victorian-era freethinker and public lecturer, he wrote brisk, argumentative books that challenge religious orthodoxy and defend an evidence-based view of human origins and belief.
2 Audiobooks
Nature and the Gods From "The Atheistic Platform", Twelve Lectures
by Arthur B. Moss
Natural Man
by Arthur B. Moss
About the author
Arthur B. Moss was an English freethinker, writer, and lecturer who lived from 1855 to 1937. His work is closely associated with late 19th- and early 20th-century rationalist debate, and modern library sources consistently link him with books such as Natural Man and Nature and the Gods.
His writing takes big questions head-on: where humans came from, how religious ideas developed, and what morality looks like without supernatural explanations. The tone is direct and public-facing rather than academic, which makes sense for an author who was also known as a lecturer.
For listeners interested in the history of secular thought, his books offer a clear window into the arguments and controversies of his time. Even now, they read like the work of someone trying to bring science, philosophy, and plain speaking into the same conversation.