John Toland Quotes on Truth
John Toland was an Irish-born freethinker, political pamphleteer, and one of the most controversial English-language philosophers of the early Enlightenment. This page collects quotes attributed to John Toland on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to John Toland:
“Whatever is contrary to reason can be no part of true religion.”
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Attributed to John Toland:
“All matter is essentially active.”
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Attributed to John Toland:
“Pantheism is the worship of the universe as the only divine.”
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Attributed to John Toland:
“A free press is the surest defence of a free people.”
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Attributed to John Toland:
“Mystery has too often been used to disguise the absence of meaning.”