About the book: 1979 / John Toland (1670-1722) is a famous English materialist philosopher, an outstanding representative of the free-thinking of the New Age. The author introduces Toland's life and writings, examines his philosophical views (the doctrine of matter, the doctrine of thinking, the theory of knowledge), as well as socio-poetic and ethical views. Much attention is paid to Toland’s struggle with religious ideas, his criticism of the Christian religion and the church. The appendix provides extracts from Toland’s unpublished work “Christianity without Secrets”».