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Lord Herbert of Cherbury (12583-1648) is considered the father of deism. The other famous exponents of deism were John Toland, Anthony Collins, Mathew Tindall, Thomas Woolston, and Thomas Chubb. In France Voltaire advocated deism while Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson were the two American proponents.
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