Irish Philosophy<p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/JohnToland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JohnToland</span></a>, pamphleteer, controversialist, bogeyman of the Irish establishment was born in <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Inishowen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Inishowen</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Donegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Donegal</span></a> 30 Nov 1670 <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a>. </p><p>Wrote <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ChristianityNotMysterious" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChristianityNotMysterious</span></a>, had to flee Dublin when the book was ordered to be burned and the author sought. Wrote political tracts, inveigled himself into the Hanoverian Court (Sophia was wary, Toland wrote <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LettersToSerena" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LettersToSerena</span></a> for her daughter). Lost his money in <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SouthSeaBubble" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SouthSeaBubble</span></a>, died in Putney. </p><p>Why no biopic? <a href="https://dib.ie/biography/toland-john-a8584" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dib.ie/biography/toland-john-a</span><span class="invisible">8584</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishPhilosophyOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IrishPhilosophyOTD</span></a></p>