John Toland

Also known as John.Toland

Irish philosopher (1670-1722)

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Born: 1670
Died: 1722
Works: 126

Top works

The Judgment of K. James the First, and King Charles the First, against non-resistance
Oratio philippica ad excitandos contra Galliam Britannos
The state-anatomy of Great Britain
Das Pantheistikon des John Toland, uebersetzt und mit einleitung versehen
Pantheisticon, or, The form of celebrating the Socratic-Society

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5 total works indexed

Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 200,187x
Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,528x
Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,305x
Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 34,190x
The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 28,820x

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Quotes

“If we make a just computation, and take in the primitive martyrs with the Prophets and Apostles themselves, the professed defenders of Truth, only for Truth's sake, will be found to be a small handful with respect to the numerous partisans of error.”
“Such is the deplorable condition of our age, that a man dares not openly and directly own what he thinks of divine matters, though it be never so true and beneficial, if it but very slightly differs from what is received by any party, or that is established by law.”
“That the sacred name of religion which sounds nothing but sanctity, peace and integrity should be so universally abused to patronize ambition, impiety and contention! And that what is our highest interest perfectly to understand, should (for reasons afterward to be laid open) both be maintained to be obscure, and very industriously made so!”
“Nay, it has come to this, that Truth meets no where with stronger opposition, than from many of those that raise the loudest cry about it, and would be taken for no less than the only dispensers of the favors and oracles of Heaven. If any has the firmness to touch the minutest thing that brings them Gain or Credit, he's presently pursued with the hue and cry of Heresy.”
“I hope to make it appear, that the use of reason in religion is not so dangerous as commonly represented.”
“I hold nothing as an article of my Religion, but what the highest evidence forced me to embrace.”

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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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date of birth: 1670-11-30
date of death: 1722-03-11
name in native language: John Toland

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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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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.