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Title: Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, and The Natural History of Religion
Condition: New
Author: David Hume
Contributor: J. C. A. Gaskin (Edited by)
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0199538328
EAN: 9780199538324
ISBN: 9780199538324
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Release Date: 11/12/2008
Description: David Hume is the greatest and also one of the most provocative philosophers to have written in the English language. No philosopher is more important for his careful, critical, and deeply perceptive examination of the grounds for belief in divine powers and for his sceptical accounts of the causes and consequences of religious belief, 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 the most formidable attack upon the rationality of religious belief ever mounted by a philosopher. This edition also includes Section XI of The Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding and a letter concerning the Dialogues, as well as particularly helpful critical apparatus and abstracts of the main texts, enabling the reader to locate or relocate key topics. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 195mm
Item Length: 127mm
Item Width: 14mm
Item Weight: 183g
Book Series: Oxford World's Classics
Release Year: 2008

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