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Three Essays on Religion: Nature, the Utility of Religion, and Theism is an 1874 book by the English philosopher John Stuart Mill, published posthumously by his stepdaughter Helen Taylor, who also wrote the introduction.
What I Believe (В чём моя́ ве́ра?), first published in English as My Religion, [1] is an 1884 book by Leo Tolstoy. It was listed as Volume 4 of an untitled four-part work. It was listed as Volume 4 of an untitled four-part work.
Burke's early essays "Religion of No Efficacy Considered as a State Engine" and "Religion" criticize contemporary efforts to reduce religion to a social and political instrument. [4] "The Principle of Religion", Burke wrote, "is that God attends to our actions to reward and punish them". [5] According to Burke, religion is ultimately something ...
Dutch edition book cover of Why I Am Not a Christian. Why I Am Not a Christian is an essay by the British philosopher Bertrand Russell.Originally a talk given on 6 March 1927 at Battersea Town Hall, under the auspices of the South London Branch of the National Secular Society, it was published that year as a pamphlet and has been republished several times in English and in translation.
Viruses of the Mind" is an essay by British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, first published in the book Dennett and His Critics: Demystifying Mind (1993). Dawkins originally wrote the essay in 1991 and delivered it as a Voltaire Lecture on 6 November 1992 at the Conway Hall Humanist Centre .
In this essay, Hume offers a pioneering naturalist account of the causes, effects, and historical development of religious belief. Hume argues that a crude polytheism was the earliest religion of mankind and locates the origins of religion in emotion, particularly hope, fear, and the desire to control the future.
The essay "On the Interpretation of Scripture", contributed by Benjamin Jowett, was "by far the most startling essay" in the book. [4] When asked to contribute, Jowett saw the opportunity to challenge traditionalists. [6] He was a rationalist and insisted that the Bible ought to be treated as scholars treated classical texts.
Stephen Richard Lyster Clark (born 30 October 1945) is an English philosopher and professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Liverpool. [3] Clark specialises in the philosophy of religion and animal rights , writing from a philosophical position that might broadly be described as Christian Platonist .