Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Hume, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140445366 ISBN 13: 9780140445367

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1990

Synopsis

In the posthumously published Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, the Enlightenment philosopher David Hume attacked many of the traditional arguments for the existence of God, expressing the belief that religion is founded on ignorance and irrational fears. Though calm and courteous in tone - at times even tactfully ambiguous - the conversations between Hume's vividly realized fictional figures form perhaps the most searching case ever mounted against orthodox Christian theological thinking and the 'deism' of the time, which pointed to the wonders of creation as conclusive evidence of God's Design. Hume's characters debate these issues with extraordinary passion, lucidity and humour, in one of the most compelling philosophical works ever written.

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About the Author

David Hume (1711 - 1776) was a philosopher who wrote A Treatise of Human Nature and considered the nature of religion.

JM Bell is Professor of Philosophy at the Manchester Metropolitan University and Head of the Department of Politics and Philosophy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140445366
• ISBN 13: 9780140445367
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160
• Editor: Bell Martin