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Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a philosophical work by the Scottish philosopher David Hume, first published in 1779. Through dialogue, three philosophers named Demea, Philo, and Cleanthes debate the nature of God 's existence.
A philosophical dialogue on the existence and nature of God, written by the Scottish Enlightenment thinker David Hume. The dialogue features three characters: Cleanthes, a rationalist; Philo, a sceptic; and Demea, a believer in orthodox Christianity.
Hume argues that religious belief cannot be rational based on the evidence of nature. He criticizes the argument from design and shows that it does not prove God's existence, nature, or attributes.
A study guide for David Hume's 1779 work on the rationality of religious belief. Learn about the main arguments, characters, themes, and questions of this philosophical dialogue.
Project Gutenberg's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, by David Hume This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
A critical edition of Hume's influential work on natural religion, with an introduction, notes, and supplementary readings. The Dialogues presents a fictional conversation among three friends who debate the existence, nature, and evidence of God.
Nevertheless his overt expression of “veneration for true religion” (D 12.9) has a point within the dialogue, by giving him licence to launch a fierce attack on the contrasting moral corruptions of “vulgar superstition” (D 12.11-21).
