Richard Cumberland (philosopher), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Cumberland (philosopher)

English philosopher, and Bishop of Peterborough (1631–1718)

Date of Birth: 15-Jul-1631

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 09-Oct-1718

Profession: writer, priest, theologian, philosopher

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Richard Cumberland (15 July 1631 (or 1632) – 9 October 1718) was an English philosopher, and Bishop of Peterborough from 1691.
In 1672, he published his major work, De legibus naturae (On natural laws), propounding utilitarianism and opposing the egoistic ethics of Thomas Hobbes.
Cumberland was a member of the Latitudinarian movement, along with his friend Hezekiah Burton of Magdalene College, Cambridge and closely allied with the Cambridge Platonists, a group of ecclesiastical philosophers centred on Cambridge University in the mid 17th century.