Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

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David Hume is one of the most provocative philosophers to have written in the English language. His skeptical accounts of the causes and consequences of religious belief are expressed most powerfully in "The Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion" and "The Natural History of Religion." "The Dialogues" ask if belief in God can be inferred from the nature of the universe or whether it is even consistent with what we know about the universe. "The Natural History of Religion" investigates the origins of belief, and ...
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Overview

David Hume is one of the most provocative philosophers to have written in the English language. His skeptical accounts of the causes and consequences of religious belief are expressed most powerfully in "The Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion" and "The Natural History of Religion." "The Dialogues" ask if belief in God can be inferred from the nature of the universe or whether it is even consistent with what we know about the universe. "The Natural History of Religion" investigates the origins of belief, and follows its development from harmless polytheism to dogmatic monotheism. Together they constitute a most formidable attack upon the rationality of religious belief.
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  • ISBN-13: 9780140445367
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Publication date: 7/28/1990
  • Series: Penguin Classics Series
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 160
  • Sales rank: 386,047
  • Product dimensions: 7.76 (w) x 10.86 (h) x 0.41 (d)

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Author of the classic philosophical work Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.
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Table of Contents

Edited with an Introduction by Martin Bell

Introduction Notes to Introduction Textual Note

PAMPHILUS to HERMIPPUS

Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V Part VI Part VII Part VIII Part IX Part X Part XI Part XII Notes Select Bibliography

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