Title: Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
First published: January 1, 1970
Description: Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a philosophical work by the Scottish philosopher David Hume. Through dialogue, three fictional characters named Demea, Philo, and Cleanthes debate the nature of God's existence. While all three agree that a god exists, they differ sharply in opinion on God's nature or attributes and how, or if, humankind can come to knowledge of a deity.

In the Dialogues, Hume's characters debate a number of arguments for the existence of God, and arguments through which we may come to know the nature of God. Such topics debated include the argument from design -- for which Hume uses the example of a house -- and whether there is more suffering or good in the world.
Subjects: Natural theology, Early works to 1800, Early works to 1900, Religion, Intellectual life, Philosophy, Théologie naturelle, Scottish Philosophy, Enlightenment, History, open_syllabus_project, Natural theology -- Early works to 1800, Hume, david, 1711-1776
Places: Scotland
People: David Hume (1711-1776), Straton of Lampsacus
Time periods: Early works to 1900
LC classification: B'1493'D52'1969