Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion was written by David Hume in the 1750s, revised over many years, and published in 1779 after his death, since his friends had advised him not to print it in his lifetime. Three speakers debate whether reason can establish the existence and nature of God: Cleanthes defends the argument from design, Demea insists on faith and on the incomprehensibility of the divine, and Philo, the skeptic, presses objections to both, including the problem of evil and the weakness of inferring an infinite creator from a finite world. The dialogue form lets Hume examine the argument from every side without committing himself, and readers still dispute which speaker speaks for him. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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