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Anthony Collins

Philosophy of Religion

Anthony Collins (1676 to 1729) was a wealthy English free-thinker, deist and materialist who in later years became a country squire and local government official in Essex. Born in Heston, Middlesex, he went to Eton and King's College, Cambridge and then to the Middle Temple, but disliked the law and was never called to the Bar. With John Toland he was the most significant member of a close circle of radical free thinkers in early eighteenth-century England, and he was a friend of Locke in Locke's old age. Locke was a formative influence on him, but in his materialism and determinism he was influenced more by Hobbes, Bayle and possibly Spinoza.

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Gender
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Tradition Family
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Role in Life
Independent 2
Birth Year
1676 2
Death Year
1729 2
Tradition
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Empiricism 1
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Materialism, Schools of Philosophy
Source Anthony Collins (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

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Metaphysics, Branches of Philosophy
Source Anthony Collins (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Philosophy of Religion, Branches of Philosophy
Source Anthony Collins (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

In Tradition

Empiricism, Schools of Philosophy

Influenced By

John Locke, Philosophers
Source Anthony Collins (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Pierre Bayle, Philosophers
Source Anthony Collins (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Thomas Hobbes, Philosophers
Source Anthony Collins (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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United Kingdom

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a wealthy English free-thinker, deist and materialist

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England

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Anthony Collins was born in Heston, Middlesex on June 21, 1676
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1. 1001Philosophers: 1001 Philosophers: Anthony Collins
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was an English philosopher of the Modern era, associated with Empiricism and Early Modern Philosophy
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2. Anthony Collins (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
  • Lead, life dates
    Anthony Collins (1676-1729) was a wealthy English free-thinker, deist and materialist
  • Life and works
    In 1698 he married the daughter of a rich London merchant
  • Life and works, role in life
    a wealthy English free-thinker, deist and materialist who in his later years became a country squire
  • Lead, tradition
    Collins was a friend of John Locke in Locke’s old age
  • Lead, nationality
    a wealthy English free-thinker, deist and materialist
  • Life and works, birth
    Anthony Collins was born in Heston, Middlesex on June 21, 1676
  • In Branch: Philosophy of Religion, Lead, branch
    a wealthy English free-thinker, deist and materialist
  • In Branch: Metaphysics, Lead, branch
    In respect to his materialism and determinism
  • Associated With: Materialism, Lead, school
    a wealthy English free-thinker, deist and materialist
  • Influenced By: John Locke, Life and works, influences
    Locke was one important formative influence on his philosophical views
  • Influenced By: Thomas Hobbes, Life and works, influences
    Collins was clearly influenced more by Hobbes, Bayle and possibly Spinoza
  • Influenced By: Pierre Bayle, Life and works, influences
    Collins was clearly influenced more by Hobbes, Bayle and possibly Spinoza
  • In Group: Rationalist Empiricist And Idealist Philosophy Of Religion, Lead, placement
    a wealthy English free-thinker, deist and materialist
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