Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy o David Hume: Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion In Focus, (Hardcover)

from dcunning11235

It was good to read this in it's (more or less original) prose, as Hume wrote it. A lot of very perceptive arguments; and the dialogue format serves well to couch Hume's views, forcing you to think for yourself a bit more, rather than just accept what you're reading as wisdom from an authority.Bu...

from dcunning11235

It was good to read this in it's (more or less original) prose, as Hume wrote it. A lot of very perceptive arguments; and the dialogue format serves well to couch Hume's views, forcing you to think for yourself a bit more, rather than just accept what you're reading as wisdom from an authority. ...

from jefware

Absolutely a seminal work on the march from theology to science as the study of the ultimate nature of reality. I do not believe that Hume went so far to deny the existence of God. He did question the relevance of a beneficial omnipotent God, which ultimately lead to the New York Times exultation...

from nbmars

David Hume (1711-1776) was one of the most influential writers of the Enlightenment.  In his An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748), he argued that there was insufficient evidence to believe in miracles or in providence.  Always interested in a rational approach to God and religion, he ...

from Devil_llama

Many of the arguments will be familiar to those who follow this topic. The arguments of Cleanthes and Demea form the base of what is currently referred to as "sophisticated theology", only more erudite and less hackneyed at that time (well, maybe not, since many of them had already been in use fo...