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| | Anthony Collins at AllExperts |
 | | Anthony Collins (June 21, 1676, Old Style - December 13, 1729, Old Style), was an English philosopher, and a proponent of deism. |
 | | His assertion that it is self-evident that nothing that has a beginning can be without a cause is an unwarranted assumption of the very point at issue, He was attacked in an elaborate treatise by Samuel Clarke, in whose system the freedom of the will is made essential to religion and morality. |
 | | Collins became known as one of the best read men in England, he was a bibliophile who amassed one of the largest private libraries of the time, consisting of some 6,906 books on all subjects, but particularly favoring works on history, theology, and philosophy. |
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