Dialogues concerning natural religion and other writings / David Hume ; edited by Dorothy Coleman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hume, David, 1711-1776, author.

Contributor:

Coleman, Dorothy, 1954- editor.

Series:

Cambridge texts in the history of philosophy.

Cambridge texts in the history of philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural theology--Early works to 1800.

Natural theology.

Religion--Early works to 1800.

Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (liv, 157 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

David Hume's Dialogues concerning Natural Religion, first published in 1779, is one of the most influential works in the philosophy of religion and the most artful instance of philosophical dialogue since the dialogues of Plato. It presents a fictional conversation between a sceptic, an orthodox Christian, and a Newtonian theist concerning evidence for the existence of an intelligent cause of nature based on observable features of the world. This edition presents it together with several of Hume's other, shorter writings about religion, and with brief selections from the work of Pierre Bayle, who influenced both Hume's views on religion and the dialectical style of the Dialogues. The volume is completed by an introduction which sets the Dialogues in its philosophical and historical contexts.

Contents:

Dialogues concerning natural religion

Pamphilus to Hermippus

From Hume's memoranda

Fragment on evil

Letter to Francis Hutcheson

Letter to William Mure

Letters to Gilbert Elliot

From the natural history of religion

Selections from Pierre Bayle.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-16352-8

1-280-85059-0

0-511-80844-5

0-511-27876-4

0-511-27936-1

0-511-27759-8

0-511-56745-6

0-511-27818-7

OCLC:

808614265