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“Navarette, a Chinese missionary, agrees with Leibniz and says that "It is the special providence of God that the Chinese did not know what was done in Christendom; for if they did, there would be never a man among them, but would spit in our faces.”

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Matthew Tindal
Matthew Tindal

Matthew Tindal, born in 1657 and died on August 16, 1733, was a prominent English author, philosopher, and theologian. He is known for his research on deism and advocacy for religious tolerance. more

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