John Toland (30 November 1670 – 11 March 1722) Druid's

John Toland (November 30, 1670 - March 11, 1722), Irish philosopher, Artist unknown.

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We will be dissecting John Toland's  seminal work on 'The Druid's' using:

A NEW EDITION of TOLAND'S HISTORY OF THE DRUIDS:
WITH AN ABSTRACT OF HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS
and  Copious apprentie Containing Notes Critical, Philological and  Explanatory
 by H. HUDDLESTON, Schoolmaster, Lunan, (1814)

Using Google Books scanned source:
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I believe you  will be amazed at how much of current detailed Neo-Druidic writing and though can be traced back to his works on what the ancient Druid's did or did not do.

I will be adding all my own notes embedded, to this living blog and it will also serve both as a reference and example of how try to dissect and book and boil it down to knowledge facttoids.

This blog will also serve in our Yggdrasil (pagan research) Library on Facebook.
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Bio:
John Toland (30 November 1670 – 11 March 1722) was a 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.
Ref. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Toland#Literary_hoax_.22The_Treatise_of_the_Three_Imposters.22


Study notes:
Please attach your own comments to either this blog or the file of it in our reading room.
TDK


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