Life wasn't easy for Tony Collins as he grew up in the mean streets of the East End of London in the years before the Second World War. After his mother died when he was still only seven years old, his father, unable to hold down a job while coping alone with four young children, was forced to send them to an orphanage. But Tony came through the hardships and graduated with flying colours from the school of hard knocks, to head straight for a career as a commando with the Royal Marines. Du...

Motherless and sent to an orphanage by his out-of-work father, Tony Collins found the odds were stacked against him as he started life in the rough East End of London. But by joining the Royal Marines, Tony escaped into a new world, fraught with danger and tragedy, but also with the chance for love, friendship and success. Life wasn't easy for Tony Collins as he grew up in the mean streets of the East End of London in the years before the Second World War. After his mother died when he was...

"A Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing" by Anthony Collins explores the intricate relationship between humor and literature. Collins argues that ridicule and irony serve as powerful tools for writers, enabling them to critique societal norms and provoke thought among readers. He delves into the psychological effects of these literary devices, suggesting that they can both entertain and enlighten. By examining various examples from literature, Collins illustrates how irony ca...

Une lettre publié dans le livre d’Anthony Collins, Discours sur la liberté de penser écrit à l'occasion d'une nouvelle secte d'esprits forts, ou de gens qui pensent librement.Biographie de l'auteurAnthony Collins est un libre penseur et philosophe anglais.Il fut l'élève et l'ami de John Locke. Il professa sur plusieurs points de la religion et de la métaphysique des opinions hardies pour l'époque, et passa sa vie dans de perpétuelles controverses ; ...

Extrait« La vérité, la pensée et la raison sont de tous les pays. Comment donc un livre, dont le seul but est de faire sentir aux hommes l'obligation dans laquelle ils sont de connaître la vérité, de se servir [v] de leur jugement et de leur raison, peut-il passer, dans l'esprit de gens qui prétendent au titre de savants et de beaux esprits, pour ne pouvoir jamais avoir de succès ? Surtout quand ils ont eux-mêmes reconnu que ce même livre renferme une infinité de c...

This comprehensive eBook presents significant works of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - estimated 21800 pages easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • A Treatise of Human Nature • An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding • An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals • Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion • The History of England • Essays • A History Of England From Early TimesT. Smollett, Edward Farr, and E. H. Nolan • The History of England • Of the Delicacy of Taste and P...

"Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers" is a collaborative artwork authored by Charles Bradlaugh, Anthony Collins, and John Watts. The book is an extensive ancient compilation that provides biographical sketches of influential those who challenged conventional spiritual doctrines, advocating for freethought and rationalism. Charles Bradlaugh (1833–1891) have become an outstanding British atheist, political activist, and recommend for secularism. Anthony Collins (1676–1729) grow to be ...

Have you ever played the parlor game where you name the historical figures you'd like to invite to a dinner party? This fascinating book is kind of like the written form of that exercise. It brings together the key arguments and beliefs espoused by an array of the top minds in the 'free thought' movement, a philosophical school that prized rationality and logic over dogma. It's a must-read for those interested in learning more about philosophy in user-friendly, bite-sized essays.

This book is the study of a man who caught my interest both because of his own character and of the variety of his activities. It is an attempt to see him in his relationship, intellectual and literary, with the Europe of his day, to gauge his position in the development of Seventeenth and Eighteenth century thought, to examine the origins of his ideas and their effect and to place him in the social context of the England of the early Eighteenth century. The period in which he lived, comin...

When the mighty and cruel must be brought low, it's the killers and the schemers who emerge from the shadows. As plans twist and change, and our protagonists are foiled and beaten, one thing remains true: no matter the cost, the king must fall.The King Must Fall is a dark fantasy anthology featuring 19 titans of the dark and grimdark fantasy genres writing about rogues, assassins, mages, blackguards, and warriors on quests to kill their kings, rulers, captains, and leaders....

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.Set in the fictional country of Ruritania, The Prisoner of Zenda tells the story of Rudolf Rassendyll, identical cousin to King Rudolf of Ruritania, who must stand in for the king at his coronation when a plot to steal the crown leaves the king drugged and unable to attend. Rudolf must foil the plans of the king’s brother, Prince Michael, and when the king is kidnapped and taken to a castle in Zenda, Rudolf m...