Philosophical contribution of Ram Mohan Roy to the 19th century Bengal Renaissance

The present work will try to focus on the philosophical contribution of Ram Mohan Royto the 19th century Bengal Renaissance. The philosophers like F. Bacon, J. S. Mill, J. Bentham, H. Spencer have also contributed their philosophical thinking. The philosophers plead for a reason and rational thinking. They advocated humanity in place of Divinity. Ram Mohan Roy, a great scholar in Indian as well as Western philosophy, was the prime priest of modernity in Bengal. He founded BrahmoSamaj which is a policy of social reform and dedicated to anti- idolatry and monotheism, the worship of the supreme Brahman. The philosophy of monotheism of Ram Mohan Roy came not only from the principles of Sankar but also from the Quran through Arabic and Bible through Hebrew. This monistic movement against superstition helped to bring renaissance in the 19th century. He had discovered the theory of monotheism through the philosophy of Hindu, Islam, and Christianity. He had tried to show the unity of different religions. In essence, Ram Mohan was a cosmopolitan rationalist thinker with a universal outlook on human civilization.