Three Essays on Religion: Nature, The Utility of Religion, and Theism. London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1874.

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First edition. 'Mill was somewhat cagey on this subject [religion], both in public discourse - he refused to answer questions about his religious beliefs while running for Parliament - and in his writings. In correspondence Mill said that he had never had a belief in God. He did write that there is enough evidence for a divine designer/creator in nature to afford a large balance of probability in favour of creation by intelligence , yet he added that it was possible that a recently proposed alternative explanation for this evidence might turn out to be a better one. He was adamant that the existence of evil in the world established that no being could exist who was both omnipotent and perfectly morally good. Mill had a tremendous amount of respect for the moral teachings of Jesus, which he saw as only one part of a complete morality, but he believed that these teachings had been perverted by modern Christianity' (Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century British Philosophers, Bristol, Thoemmes Press, 2002). PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 8vo, xi, 257, [3] pp., publisher's green cloth, rubbed, spine lettered in gilt, with what might be a trace of clear adhesive in top compartment, some crayon scribbles on front endpaper, otherwise internally very clean with isolated light spots, a nice copy. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-1642052874013

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