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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1670-11-30 ) 30 November 1670, Ardagh, County Donegal , Ireland
- Died
- 11 March 1722 (1722-03-11) (aged 51), Putney , Surrey, England
- Other names
- Janus Junius Toland, Seán Ó Tuathaláin, Eoghan na leabhar (John of the books)
- Era
- Age of Enlightenment
- Region
- Western philosophy
- Main interests
- Liberty , theology , physics
- Notable ideas
- Pantheism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of death
- Putney
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Leiden University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- John Toland.jpg
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- John Toland
- date of birth
- 1670-11-30
- date of death
- 1722-03-11
- name in native language
- John Toland
- writing language
- English language
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Works in European collections
8 objects attributed to John Toland, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
John Toland (30 November 1670 – 11 March 1722) was an Irish rationalist philosopher and freethinker, and occasional satirist, who wrote numerous books and pamphlets on political philosophy and philosophy of religion, which are early expressions of the philosophy of the Age of Enlightenment. Born in Ireland, he was educated at the universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leiden and Oxford and was influenced by the philosophy of John Locke.
His first, and best known work, Christianity Not Mysterious (1696), opposed hierarchy in both church and state. In Ireland, copies were burned by the public hangman, and he was forced to flee the country never to return.
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