"My own mind is my own church."

— Paine, Thomas (1737-1809)


Place of Publication
Paris Printed by Barrois, London: Sold by D. I. Eaton
Publisher
Barrois
Date
1794
Metaphor
"My own mind is my own church."
Metaphor in Context
I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church.
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason; Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology. (Paris: Printed by Barrois, London: Sold by D. I. Eaton, 1794). <Link to Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty>
Date of Entry
04/25/2011

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.