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Anthony Collins The Man and His Works

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  • © 1970

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  1. James O’Higgins
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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Early Friends and Influences

    • James O’Higgins
    Pages 1-22

  3. The Library at Great Baddow

    • James O’Higgins
    Pages 23-39

  4. The Precursors of Collins

    • James O’Higgins
    Pages 40-50

  5. The Essay on the Use of Reason

    • James O’Higgins
    Pages 51-68

  6. The Question of Thinking Matter

    • James O’Higgins
    Pages 69-76

  7. The Discourse of Freethinking

    • James O’Higgins
    Pages 77-95

  8. The Philosophical Inquiry on Free-Will

    • James O’Higgins
    Pages 96-110

  9. County Justice and Treasurer

    • James O’Higgins
    Pages 111-131

  10. The Twentieth Article

    • James O’Higgins
    Pages 132-154

  11. The Attack on the Prophecies

    • James O’Higgins
    Pages 155-200

  12. The Reaction to Collins Abroad

    • James O’Higgins
    Pages 201-223

  13. Last Years

    • James O’Higgins
    Pages 224-241

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 242-267
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This book is the study of a man who caught my interest both because of his own character and of the variety of his activities. It is an attempt to see him in his relationship, intellectual and literary, with the Europe of his day, to gauge his position in the development of Seventeenth and Eighteenth century thought, to examine the origins of his ideas and their effect and to place him in the social context of the England of the early Eighteenth century. The period in which he lived, coming at the beginning of the Enlightenment, was seminal for our own world and the man himself is of contemporary significance because of the similarity of his outlook, ifnot of his beliefs, to that of many today. He was at the centre of the major theological controversy of the Seventeen­ twenties and was one of the most contentious figures of his time. I would like to acknowledge my obligation to the scholars and librarians who have assisted me in producing this work: to Dr. E. A. O. Whiteman of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and to Mrs. M. Kneale, late of the same College; to Bodley's librarian Dr. R. Shackleton; to Dr. D. Rogers, Mr. D. G. Neill and to the staff of the Bodleian, especially those who work in Duke Humphrey; to the librarians of Christ Church, All Souls, St. John's, Wadham, Exeter and Corpus Christi Colleges, Oxford; to Mr. F. G. Emmison, Miss H. E. T.

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