Hume on Religion [antikvár]

Preface Hume's Dialogues concerning Natural Religion may be the single most important and influential book of philosophy on the subject of religion. In it, Hume examines some of the most vexing, enduring, and profound questions that arise in human experience: Is there a god?; If so, is it a god who cares about us?; If there is a god, what are we to think of the abundance of evils in the world?; Does the world exist by chance or by design?; Is religious belief rational? These questions are in the vanguard of our efforts, throughout history, to make sense of the world and our place in it. Taking up these questions in his Dialogues, Hume sifts and probes, in great detail, some of the strongest arguments for and against the idea that the ultimate source of the world is an intelligent, benevolent being who cares about us. But the idea withers under his examination, leaving only a trace behind, a hollowed-out deism with no religious significance. Hume's friends advised suppressing the book. They feared for his good name and peace of mind in the event