John Toland: Making

John Toland was Irish philosopher. Explore interesting quotes on making.
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“If we make a just computation, and take in the primitive martyrs with the Prophets and Apostles themselves, the professed defenders of Truth, only for Truth's sake, will be found to be a small handful with respect to the numerous partisans of error.”

John Toland book Christianity not Mysterious

Christianity not Mysterious (1696), Preface

“I hope to make it appear, that the use of reason in religion is not so dangerous as commonly represented.”

John Toland book Christianity not Mysterious

Christianity not Mysterious (1696), Preface

“Not only a few men, but oftentimes whole societies, whilst they consider things but very superficially, set such a value upon certain sounds, as if they were the real essence of all religion. … And yet, as I hinted now, they either signify nothing, or have been invented by some leading men to make plain things obscure.”

John Toland book Christianity not Mysterious

Christianity not Mysterious (1696), Preface