John Toland (1670-1722) on A Night to Remember The Irish rationalist philosopher and freethinker, John Toland died on this day in 1722. Pre...

A Night to Remember: John Toland, Man of Ardagh – marking the tercentenary of Toland's passing with an evening of entertainment and app...

Recalling the Life of Irish Philosopher, John Toland (1670-1722) – Some Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Mr. John Toland – John Toland...

Review: Physic without Physicians by John Toland by Dr Jordi Morillas Let me start this review with a personal anecdote. During my studie...

Physic without Physicians by John Toland (1670-1722) – first published in 1726, now re-issued in a new, modern edition – Physic with...

Giordano Bruno (1548-1600). Public Domain Giordano Bruno, the Italian Dominican friar who was also a philosopher, mathematician, cosmol...

Today marks World Philosophy Day, an event that is celebrated annually on the third Thursday in November (for some reason!). In 2019, by...

Christoph Bernhard Francke [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, philosopher and mathematician, died on t...

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) from a painting by Charles Jervas (c.1675-1739) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Jonathan Swift, who...

Sophia of the Palatinate, who was Electress of Hanover from 1692 to 1698, was born on this day in 1630. Often described as a woman of lette...

Today is Plan Your Epitaph Day , for reasons, we must admit, that remain largely obscure but, some suggest that its purpose is to offer con...

St Mary's Church, Putney. The final resting place of John Toland. Edwardx [ CC BY-SA 3.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons John Toland, ...

Thomas Paine (1737-1809) Laurent Dabos [Public domain] Today is Freethinkers Day, an annual celebration inviting people to 'challen...

The 4th Inishowen Lecture will take place this weekend (Saturday, 15 September) in the Market, House, Clonmany on the Inishowen peninsula, C...

Book Review: Reasons for Naturalizing the Jews in Great Britain and Ireland by John Toland (1714) "a work that might well be descr...

Urgent Appeal – seeking the commemorative stamp of approval – Each year, An Post (the Irish postal service) produces, on behalf of t...

A greater part of the task assumed by a web-based project dedicated to celebrating the life, work and times of John Toland (1670-1722), mus...

John Toland (1670-1722) – Irish-born Rationalist Philosopher and Freethinker – John Toland, Irish-born rationalist philosopher and fre...

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