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Anthony Collins

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Anthony Collins 1676-1729, English theologian; a friend of John Locke. He set forth the position of the deists and defended the cause of rational theology. His Discourse of Free Thinking (1713) was answered by many clergymen and was satirized by Jonathan Swift. His Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Human Liberty (1715) is an excellent presentation of the determinist position, the theory that all events are determined by prior causes. Bibliography: See study by J. O'Higgins (1970). Author not available, COLLINS, ANTHONY. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007... Read more
Collins, Anthony
Collins, Anthony (1676–1729), a leading freethinker, became intimate with Locke . His best-known work, the boldly insinuating Discourse of...Richard Bentley , Berkeley , Steele , Hoadley, and Swift . A Philosophical Inquiry (1717) is his classic defence of determinism. Collins attacked nearly every ... Read more
Collins, Anthony
Collins, Anthony (1676–1729), English Deist . His main work, A Discourse of Freethinking (1713) argued that free inquiry was the only means of attaining to the truth and was commanded by Scripture. It was designed as a defence of Deism and provoked replies by many Churchmen. Read more

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