ASIN: B006Q3IM7S
Publisher: The Manuscript Publisher
Pages: 62
This book examines certain interesting and important aspects of the life and work of John Toland - scholar and philosopher of international renown; prolific writer on important political and religious issues of his day; a radical republican who challeged the divine right of kings; a diplomat whose Account of the Courts of Prussia and Hanover is still quoted by historians of the period; the first person to be called a freethinker (by Bishop Berkeley); the first to advocate full citizenship and equal rights for Jewish people.These are just some of his notable achievements yet he remains largely unknown in his home country. Toland was born in 1670 and raised on the Inishowen Peninsula in Co. Donegal. He died in London in 1722, the city where he had resided for most of his life, although he was also a frequent visitor to the continent.In his considerable volume of writings he challenged poli ...
