false 80313 45 Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a philosophical work written by the Scottish philosopher David Hume. Thru dialogue, three fictional characters named Demea, Philo & 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 & 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, & arguments whose proponents believe thru which we may come to know the nature of God. Such topics debated include the argument from design--for which Hume uses a house--& 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. 1373641 1779 Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion/Of the Immortality of the Soul/Of Suicide/Of Miracles total:251|5:94|4:83|3:58|2:13|1:3| 251 1005 400 15 5 0 true false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1978 Sun Jun 07 21:41:42 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 21:54:40 -0700 2009 1
It struck me today whilst thinking back upon Hume that his cri...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 04 09:47:03 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 11 15:00:44 -0700 2008 Dialogues stands as his scathing critique of natural theology, one that deals heavy blows to the arguments for God's existence and popular solutions to the problem of evil. It is an incredible challenge to understand what Hume is promoting in the book; in many ways, the character Philo, a ske...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Oct 15 13:41:20 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 15 13:41:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 21 07:58:21 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 07:59:34 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jul 25 16:52:50 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 16:52:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 05 15:09:48 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 15:10:12 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 23 20:30:51 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 20:31:19 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 20:36:31 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 20:46:01 -0700 2007 Dialogues shows exactly how far you can get with the idea of intelligent design (i.e., arguing from th...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 18 20:20:14 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 20:20:14 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Sep 10 19:56:25 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 20:27:59 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sat Sep 15 17:01:24 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 13:29:14 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Jun 14 23:34:26 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 14 23:42:49 -0700 2007 2 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 09:28:14 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 26 07:44:05 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Mon Feb 04 15:54:40 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 15:56:24 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Thu Aug 09 16:11:56 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 09 16:12:09 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Nov 14 12:39:58 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 12:44:12 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 13 07:16:48 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 07:16:48 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 13 06:18:57 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 06:18:57 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Nov 12 16:25:50 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 16:25:50 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Nov 10 17:56:11 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 17:56:11 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1188596