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(O.S.) Anthony Collins, English philosopher and author (died 1729)

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Anthony Collins (philosopher)

English philosopher (1676–1729)

Anthony Collins was an English philosopher and essayist, notable for being one of the early proponents of Deism in Great Britain.
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