Jeremy Bentham and George Grote on Natural Religion (Part I)

The English philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), now best known as a proponent of utilitarianism, wrote on a variety of social and political subjects including religion. George Grote (1794-1871), besides his fame as a historian of ancient Greece, was an English radical in the same tradition as Bentham. Together these thinkers produced a book called Analysis … Continue reading Jeremy Bentham and George Grote on Natural Religion (Part I)