Hume's Dialogues

David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion had not yet been published when he died in 1776. Even though the manuscript was mostly written during the 1750s, it did not appear until 1779. The subject itself was too delicate and controversial, and Hume's dialectical examination of religious knowledge was especially provocative.





What should we teach young people about religion? The characters Demea, Cleanthes, and Philo passionately present and defend three sharply different answers to t...