Hume on natural religion
The "Key Issues" series aims to make available the contemporary responses that met important books and debates on their first appearance. These take the form of journal articles, book extracts, public letters, sermons and pamphlets which provides an insight into the historical relevance an...
| Sumario: | The "Key Issues" series aims to make available the contemporary responses that met important books and debates on their first appearance. These take the form of journal articles, book extracts, public letters, sermons and pamphlets which provides an insight into the historical relevance and the social and political context in which a publication or particular topic emerged. Each volume brings together some of the key responses to the works. This is the second volume of a two-volume set containing important secondary literature on Hume on religion. This text focuses on general remarks on Hume's life and philosophy, his "Natural History of Religion", "Dialogues Concerning Natural religion", and his work on the immortality of the soul and suicide, containing material ranging from 1755 to 1907. Authors include: William Warburton, Henry O'Connor and George Giles. Cover -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF DAVID HUME -- 1. THE LIFE OF DAVID HUME, ESQ. pp. [2], 1-35 -- 2. LETTER FROM ADAM SMITH, LL.D. TO WILLIAM STRAHAN, ESQ. pp. 39-62 -- 3. SUPPLEMENT TO THE LIFE OF DAVID HUME, ESQ. pp. 5-8 -- 4. AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF DAVID HUME, ESQ. BY THOMAS RITCHIE: The Monthly Review, vol. 62 (1810), pp. 57-65 -- DIALOGUES CONCERNING NATURAL RELGION -- 5. DIALOGUES CONCERNING NATURAL RELIGION BY DAVID HUME: The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 49 (1779), pp.507-508 -- 6. DIALOGUES CONCERNING NATURAL RELIGION BY DAVID HUME, ESQ. The Monthly Review, vol. 61 (1780), pp. 343-55 -- 7. REMARKS ON MR. HUME'S DIALOGUES CONCERNING NATURAL RELGION (1780), pp. 1-65 -- 8. LETTER IX. AN EXAMINATION OF MR. HUME'S DIALOGUES ON NATURAL RELIGION: from Letters to a Philosophical Unbeliever (1780), pp. 105-33 -- 9. REMARKS ON MR. HUME'S DIALOGUES CONCERNING NATURAL RELIGION BY T. HAYTER: The Monthly Review, vol. 64 (1781), p. 159 -- 10. DAVID HUME: The Contemporary Review, vol. 11 (1869), pp. 79-100 -- 11. PREFACE AND POSTSCRIPT: to Dialogues concerning Natural Religion (1875), pp. 1-6, pp. 123-5 -- 12. THEISM -- EVOLUTION OF THEOLOGY: from Hume (1881), pp. 140-63 -- 13. INTRODUCTION TO DIALOGUES CONCERNING NATURAL RELIGION (1907), pp. vii-cvii -- NATURAL HISTORY OF RELIGION -- 14. A POSTSCRIPT ON MR. HUME'S NATURAL HISTORY OF RELIGION: from Three Questions Resolved (1757), pp. 50-56 [extract] -- 15. HUME'S FOUR DISSERTATIONS: The Monthly Review, vol. 16 (1757), pp. 122-33 [extract] -- 16. REMARKS ON MR. DAVID HUME'S ESSAY ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF RELIGION: The Monthly Review, vol. 17 (1757), pp. 189-91 [extract] -- 17. REMARKS UPON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF RELIGION (1758), pp. 1-27 [extract]. |
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| Notas: | Includes bibliographical references. Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 0826463509 |