...cultivated an acquaintance with Mr. le Clerc, and other learned men. In 1713 he published " A Discourse on Free-thinking, occasioned by the Rise and Growth of a Sect called Free-thinkers." The professed object of this work is to vindicate the universal right of unlimited freedom of enquiry,...

...guides.'* In the year 1713, a large share of the public attention was directed towards a work entitled A Discourse of Free-thinking, occasioned by the Rise...Growth of a Sect called Free-thinkers. The author of this anonymous publication was Anthony Collins, a writer not destitute of acuteness, but deficient...

...seldom paid any regard to the cavils of inferiour criucks. About this time appeared a book, intituled " A Discourse of Freethinking, occasioned by the Rise and Growth of a Sect, called Free-Thinkers." The dangerous tendency of this work, which was generally read, determined Bentley to answer it publickly,...

...to Somebody,! esq. although he has used * Arthur Collins, Esq. published, in 1713, bis memorable " Discourse of Freethinking, occasioned by the Rise and Growth of a Sect called Freethinkers." This made a great noise; and was attacked, among others, by Mr. Hoadly, and by Dr. Bcntley, under the...

...friends in Holland, that he would pay them a second visit in a short time. In 1713 he published his " Discourse of Freethinking, occasioned by the rise and growth of a sect called Free-thinkers;" which was attacked by several writers, particularly by Hoadly, afterwards bishop of Winchester, in...

...friends in Holland, that he would pay them a second visit in a short time. In 1713 he published his "Discourse of Freethinking, occasioned by the rise and growth of a sect called Free-thinkers;" which was attacked by several writers, particularly by Hoadly, afterwards bishop of Winchester, in...

...notwithstanding his sceptical opinions, retained the friendship of Locke, published, in 1713, his " Discourse of Freethinking, occasioned by the Rise and Growth of a Sect called Freethinkers." It is believed to have been printed at the Hague, though the title-page bears London. Like Tindal,...

...manner. In the year 1713, Anthony Collins, esquire, a notorious infidel, published a pamphlet entitled " a discourse of free-thinking, occasioned by the rise and growth of a sect called free-thinkers." To this production a number of answers were written, among which were, " remarks upon a late discourse...

...my eye upon a treatise, which I could not overlook without an inexcusable negligence and want of 1 concern for all the civil as well as religious interests...understanding in endeavouring to find out the meaning of any propositfon whatsoever, in considering the nature of the evidence for or against, and in judging of...

...Exclusionary System pursued in the National Society's Schools, 8vo. 1818 " Suppressed." SP Bentley — A Discourse of Free-thinking, occasioned by the Rise and Growth of a Sect called Free-thinkers, 8vo Landon, 1713— 2. Remarks upon a late Discourse (by Collins) of Freethinking, in a Letter to NN...