Reading Hume's Dialogues: A Veneration for True ReligionIndiana University Press, 13/09/2002 - 296 páginas "... establishes the literary and philosophical greatness of the Dialogues in ways that even its warmest admirers have been unable to do before." In this lively reading of David Hume's Dialogues concerning Natural Religion, William Lad Sessions reveals a complex internal hermeneutic that gives new form, structure, and meaning to the work. Linking situations, character, style, and action to the philosophical concepts presented, Sessions finds meaning contained in the work itself and calls attention to the internal connections between plot, character, rhetoric, and philosophy. The result avoids the main preoccupation of previous commentaries, namely, the attempt to establish which of the main characters speaks for Hume. Concentrating on previously unexplored questions of piety and theology, Sessions asks important questions in the philosophy of religion today -- what is the nature of true religion, what is the relationship between theology and piety, and how should we actively engage with God? |
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... a number of conflicting interpretations . Prominent among disputed issues is the question of what beliefs Hume intended to convey and endorse through the discourses of his characters — an issue focused in the common Introduction 5.
... common queries , " Who speaks for Hume ?, " " Who represents Hume ?, " or even " Who is Hume's mouthpiece ? " 11 The possible candidates , in rough order of popularity , are Philo , Cleanthes , no one , everyone , and everyone but no ...
... common life " ? For both Cleanthes and Philo , discerning an Author of Na- ture must be consonant with living harmoniously with others , realizing hu- man capacity , and fulfilling human aspiration . They both seek , in their diver ...
... common life , and true religion are introduced ( 1.1-2 ) , 2 the drama begins ( 1.3-4 ) , and the varieties and diffi- culties of skepticism , particularly in religious subjects , are discussed ( 1.5-16 ) , as are the relations of faith ...
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11 | |
Pamphilus to Hermippus | 30 |
75 | 108 |
87 | 147 |
Part 11 | 164 |
Part 12 | 182 |
Conclusion | 207 |
LIST OF SOURCES | 261 |
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