free thinker

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This anthology left me humbled — and determined to double down on my commitment as a writer, a free thinker, a humanist.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2025

He stroked my ego a bit and called me a free thinker, but I wasn’t going to let flattery sway my opinion that all this was a waste of time.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2023

Written in 1779 by the German free thinker Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, it has been brought to the Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater at the D.C.

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2022

In recent years, he has increasingly alienated himself from the astronomical community, painting himself as a brave free thinker challenging the close-minded dogmas of the broader scientific world.

From Scientific American • Jul. 27, 2021

I go so far in this, that an honest thief in my eyes is more worthy of esteem than a canting materialist or a hypocritical free thinker.

From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares