Adeisidaemon, sive Titus Livius a superstitione vindicatus, in qua dissertatione probatus, Livium historicum in sacris, prodigiis, & ostentis romanorum enarrandis, haudquaquam fuisse credulum aut superstitiosum; ipsamque superstitionem non minus reipubliquae (si non magis) exitiosam esse, quam purum putum atheismum. Annexae sunt ejusdem Origines Judaicae.

TOLAND, John.

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The Hague, Thomam Johnson, 1709. 8vo. (22),+ 199,+ (1) pp. The half-title and the title printed in red and black. Minor spotting, some contemporary marginal ink notes and underlinings. Worn contemporary full calf, spine gilt with raised bands and red label, red edges. Ink annotions on the front fly-leaf and on verso of the half-title. First edition. Contains two parts, the first is ?Adeisidaemon? and the second is ?Origines judaicae sive, Strabonis, de Moyse et religione judaica historia? The notes and underlinings are mainly in the second part. John Toland (1670-1722) was a rationalist philosopher and freethinker, influenced by John Locke, and this work, "Man Without Superstition", was due to its atheist content and for its defense of freedom of thought ?.immediately ostracized and its author fell into disgrace. It?s liberal ideas about religious tolerance aroused the curiosity of many European intellectuals?.

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• Title: Adeisidaemon, sive Titus Livius a superstitione vindicatus, in qua dissertatione probatus, Livium historicum in sacris, prodigiis, & ostentis romanorum enarrandis, haudquaquam fuisse credulum aut superstitiosum; ipsamque superstitionem non minus reipubliquae (si non magis) exitiosam esse, quam purum putum atheismum. Annexae sunt ejusdem Origines Judaicae.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Book Type: Hardcover / Hardback