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Anthony Collins
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.
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"Anthony Collins." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Anthony Collins." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-CollinsA.html "Anthony Collins." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-CollinsA.html |
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Collins, Anthony
Collins, Anthony (1676–1729), a leading freethinker, became intimate with Locke. His best-known work, the boldly insinuating Discourse of Free-thinking (1713), drew angry replies from Richard Bentley, Berkeley, Steele, Hoadley, and Swift. A Philosophical Inquiry (1717) is his classic defence of determinism. Collins attacked nearly every part of Christian theology; T. H. Huxley described him as ‘the Goliath of Freethinking’.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Collins, Anthony." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Collins, Anthony." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-CollinsAnthony.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Collins, Anthony." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-CollinsAnthony.html |
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Collins, Anthony
Collins, Anthony (b Hastings, 1893; d Los Angeles, 1963). Eng. viola player and then conductor and composer. Prin. va. LSO and CG orch. Left orch. playing 1936 to become cond. Founded London Mozart Orch. Worked in USA 1936–45. Highly regarded as Sibelius interpreter. Comp. operas, 2 vn. concs., syms. for str., film mus. Orch. Schubert's Grand Duo.
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Collins, Anthony." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Collins, Anthony." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-CollinsAnthony.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Collins, Anthony." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-CollinsAnthony.html |
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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.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Collins, Anthony." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Collins, Anthony." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-CollinsAnthony.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Collins, Anthony." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-CollinsAnthony.html |
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