Reading Hume's Dialogues : A Veneration for True Religion (Indiana Series in Philosophy of Religion)

Reading Hume's Dialogues : A Veneration for True Religion (Indiana Series in Philosophy of Religion)

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  • 言語 ENG
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"... establishes the literary and philosophical greatness of the Dialogues in ways that even its warmest admirers have been unable to do before." -Terence PenelhumIn 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?

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments1. Introduction2. Scene Setting3. Pamphilus to Hermippus4. Part 15. Part 26. Part 37. Part 48. Part 59. Part 610. Part 711. Part 812. Part 913. Part 1014. Part 1115. Part 1216. ConclusionNotesList of SourcesIndex