Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion and The Natural History of Religion

by David Hume, Hugh Ross (Read by)

Overview

Entertaining and insightful, David Hume’s Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion and The Natural History of Religion are considered to be among the most important philosophical works on the topic of religion. Each investigates the formation and consequences of religious belief: taking the form of a Platonic dialogue between three speakers (a sceptic, an empiricist and a theologian/mystic), the first work scrutinises the various arguments for the existence of God; while the second, which follows the rise of polytheism and its transformation to deism, provides a history on the development of religious thought. Written nearly a hundred years before Darwin tackled the argument of design, both works are notable for their radical thinking and together form one of the most devastating attacks on the phenomenon of religion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781665061285
Publisher:	Naxos
Publication date:	03/02/2021
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 5.70(h) x (d)

About the Author

Hugh Ross trained at RADA, and has made many appearances on stage, notably for the Royal Shakespeare
Company and at the Royal National Theatre. He has been in the West End in Passion, for which he received an
Olivier Award nomination, and in Tom Stoppard’s The Invention of Love. His many television credits include Between the Lines, Sharpe, and Invasion: Earth,
and he was in the films Patriot Games
and Trainspotting.

David Hume (1711–1776) devoted himself from early youth to “philosophy and great learning.” His Treatise of Human Nature was not well received on publication, but is now viewed as his masterpiece.