Three Essays on Religion (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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By John Stuart Mill

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Dec 19, 2011
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320 pages
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BookAnnex
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9781411464377

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Posthumously published in 1874, these essays—“Nature,” “Utility of Religion,” and “Theism”—are highly critical of traditional religion, rejecting the belief in an omnipotent, benevolent God. Often undervalued, these essays are some of Mill’s most brilliant works.


John Stuart Mill

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John Stuart Mill was born in a suburb of London on May 20, 1806. By age ten he was reading classical authors in their original languages and was proficient in history, algebra, and geometry. Soon after, he began to study logic, political economy, and law. He was elected to Parliament in 1865. Mill died in Avignon, France, on May 7, 1873.

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