Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion - Couverture souple

Hume, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 091514445X ISBN 13 : 9780915144457

Editeur : Hackett Publishing Co, Inc, 1980

Synopsis

Book by Hume David

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a philosophical work written 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 whose proponents believe through which we may come to know the nature of God. Such topics debated include the argument from design -- for which Hume uses a house -- and whether there is more suffering or good in the world (argument from evil). Hume started writing the Dialogues in 1750 but did not complete them until 1776, shortly before his death. They are based partly on Cicero's De Natura Deorum. The Dialogues were published posthumously in 1779, originally with neither the author's nor the publisher's name.

Biographie de l'auteur

David Hume is one of the most provocative philosophers to have written in the English language. His skeptical 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." "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 a most formidable attack upon the rationality of religious belief.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
• Date d'édition: 1980
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 091514445X
• ISBN 13: 9780915144457
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Éditeur: Popkin Richard H.
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