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David Hume. God, Causes, Absurd. There surely is a being who presides over the universe; and who, with infinite wisdom and power, has reduced the jarring elementsinto just order and proportion.
Positive, Beauty, Philosophical. 157 Copy quote. If God is omnipotent, omniscient and wholly good, whence evil? If God wills to prevent evil but cannot, then He is not omnipotent. If He can prevent evil but does not, then he is not good. In either case he is not God. David Hume. Evil, Religion, Doe. 114 Copy quote.
Oct 4, 2005 · David Hume’s various writings concerning problems of religion are among the most important and influential contributions on this topic. In these writings Hume advances a systematic, sceptical critique of the philosophical foundations of various theological systems.
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Showing 1-30 of 336. “Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.”. ― David Hume, Of the Standard of Taste and Other Essays. tags: beauty , beholder , evil , god , perception , religion , religious-meaning. 626 likes.
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a philosophical work by the Scottish philosopher David Hume, first published in 1779. Through dialogue, three philosophers named Demea, Philo, and Cleanthes debate the nature of God 's existence.
“We make allowance for a certain degree of selfishness in men; because we know it to be inseparable from human nature, and inherent in our frame and constitution. By this reflexion we correct those sentiments of blame, which so naturally arise upon any opposition.”
If the material world rests upon a similar ideal world, this ideal world must rest upon some other; and so on, without end. It were better, therefore, never to look beyond the present material world.”. ― David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.
Study Guide. Finding God in an Orderly Universe. Previous Next. Hume argues that an orderly universe does not necessarily prove the existence of God. Those who hold the opposing view claim that God is the creator of the universe and the source of the order and purpose we observe in it, which resemble the order and purpose we ourselves create.
1. Hume’s Publications on Religious Belief. Hume is one of the most important philosophers to have written in the English language, and many of his writings address religious subjects either directly or indirectly.
