‘A complete history of priestcraft’: The Druids and the origins of ancient virtue
‘A complete history of priestcraft’: The Druids and the origins of ancient virtue
This chapter explores in detail John Toland's intellectual transactions with Lord Robert Molesworth, one of the commonwealth politicians in his circle, in order to allow a more reflective appreciation of the function of his learning and ideas. The first result of Toland's relationship with Molesworth was the analysis of the Druidical past as a Complete History of Priestcraft. The chapter also discusses Toland's idea, contained in his Clidophorus, that the tyranny of priestcraft meant that the truth could rarely be spoken in public.
Keywords: John Toland, Lord Robert Molesworth, learning, History of Priestcraft, priestcraft, Clidophorus
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