Hume's dialogues concerning natural religion
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Author
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- Smith, Norman Kemp, 1872-1958. - Contributor
Publication
1935 - Clarendon Press, Oxford, United Kingdom
Language
English
Word Count
71,000 words, Guess
Page Count
284 pages
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- Open LibraryOL13976607M
Classifications
- LCCB'1493'D52'1969
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.
First Sentence
After I joined the company, whom I found sitting in CLEANTHES's library, DEMEA paid CLEANTHES some compliments on the great care which he took of my education, and on his unwearied perseverance and constancy in all his friendships.
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