Reading Hume's Dialogues: A Veneration for True ReligionIndiana University Press, 2002. szept. 13. - 296 oldal "... 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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... example , Pamphilus mentions Hermippus's judgment of Philo's " careless scepticism " ( PH.6 . ) , 10 but " careless " here need not mean , as it usually does today , " uncon- cerned , " " not taking care , " or " thoughtless " ( and ...
... example , why is Philo " a little embarrassed and confounded " in Part 3.10 ? Why does Demea leave at the end of Part 11 ( and why not at some other time or not at all ) , and what , if anything , changes following his departure ? Why ...
... example , sometimes begin abruptly and supply their own context as the conversation unfolds ( Meno , Gorgias ) , but they often include a narrator who is sometimes Socrates himself ( Republic ) . At other times the narrator is another ...
... example , there would be two dia- logues , one between Demea and Cleanthes and another between Demea and Philo . But this suggestion seems arbitrary and constricted . Not all conversa- tions are two - sided , and even when different ...
... examples could be multiplied , and they contribute to the multiple ambiguity of " dialogue " in our text . So there are many dialogues in the Dialogues , but we cannot pin down the exact number . Nevertheless , we should be alert to the ...
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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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Reading Hume's Dialogues: A Veneration for True Religion William Lad Sessions Korlátozott előnézet - 2002 |