# Dr. Conyers Middleton — The Age of Reason character guide

> Dr. Conyers Middleton in The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Middleton

**First appearance:** 0001-the-age-of-reason

## Who they are

English scholar whose work on miracles is cited by Paine.

## In the story

### [The Book of John](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_age_of_reason_se/chapters/part-iii-the-book-of-john)

Quoted at length to support the argument that the law of nature revealed in creation is the true divine standard, against which all revelations must be judged.

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