Matthew Tindal

From QUESTIONS SUR LES MIRACLES, 1765 by Voltaire

C'est ainsi qui raisonnent les nombreux partisans de Celse, de Porphyre, d'Apollonius, de Symmaque, de Libanius, de l'empereur Julien, de tous les philosophes jusqu'au temps des Pomponace, des Cardan, des Machiavel, des Socin, de milord Herbert, de Montaigne, de Charron, de Bacon, du chevalier Temple, de Locke, de milord Shaftesbury, de Bayle, de Wollaston, de Toland, de Tindal, de Collins, de Woolston, de milord Bolingbroke, de Middleton, de Spinosa, . . . (etc) . . . qui, comme les Musulmans, les Chinois, et les anciens Parsis, croiraient insulter Dieu, s'il lui supposaient un fils qui ait fait des miracles dans la Galilée.*

      * Moland, [Louis (ed.).   Oeuvres complètes de Voltaire.   Paris : Garnier Frères, 1879.   52 vols.] XXV, 361.

SHAFTESBURY AND THE FRENCH DEISTS,
by Dorothy B. Schlegel.
Chapel Hill, N. C. : University of North Carolina Press 1956,
p. 31 and Bibliography.

Selected Bibliographic

Author Tindal, Matthew, 1653?-1733 Title Four discourses on the following subjects : viz. I. Of obedience to the supreme powers, and the duty of subjects in all revolutions. II. Of the laws of nations, and the rights of sovereigns. III. Of the power of the magistrate, and the rights of mankind, in matters of religion. IV. Of the liberty of the press Publisher London : [s.n.], 1709 Description iv, 329 p. ; 20 cm

Author Tindal, Matthew, 1653?-1733. Title An essay concerning the laws of nations, and the rights of soveraigns ... To which is subjoined, the great maritime case of George Carew, esq; for an incontestable demand, of near a million and an half, due from the Dutch ... Edition The third edition. Publisher London, Printed for the Proprietors, 1734. Description viii, 72 p. 21 cm. Language English

Author Tindal, Matthew, 1653?-1733. Title Christianity as old as the creation / Matthew Tindal ; with a new introduction by John Valdimir Price. Publisher London, England : Routledge/Thoemmes ; Tokyo, Japan : Kinokuniya, 1995. Description xv, 391 p. ; 23 cm. Series History of British deism Note Includes bibliographical references. Note Originally published: London, 1730.

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