Dialogues concerning natural religion ; and, The natural history of religion
By: David Hume ; edited with an introduction by J.C.A. Gaskin
Contributors: Gaskin, J. C. A.; Hume, David, 1711-1776.
Series: World's classics
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
Subjects: Natural theology -- Early works to 1800; Religion -- Philosophy -- Early works to 1800
Other titles: Dialogues concerning natural religion; Natural history of religion
Work titles: Dialogues concerning natural religion
Description: "David Hume is the greatest and also one of the most provocative philosophers to have written in the English language. His sceptical 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."--BOOK JACKET. "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 the most formidable attack upon the rationality of religious belief ever mounted by a philosopher."--BOOK JACKET. "This edition also includes Section XI of The Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding and a letter concerning the Dialogues as well as a particularly helpful critical apparatus and abstracts of the main texts."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Dialogues concerning natural religion originally published: 1779; The natural history of religion originally published: 1757

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