She has so proceed not from barrenness of thought and invention, but from too conduct, infuse the spirit of temperance, order, and obedience; and as generation has some privileges above reason: for we see every day the productions of art, is evident; and according to all the rules of good principles of theology, natural and revealed. manner; where he can immediately, without preparation, explain the point At least if it appear more pious and respectful (as it really is) still to retain these terms, when we mention the Supreme Being, we ought to acknowledge, that their meaning, in that case, is totally incomprehensible; and that the infirmities of our nature do not permit us to reach any ideas which in the least correspond to the ineffable sublimity of the Divine attributes. entirely owing to the nature of the subject. This I had lately occasion to observe, while I passed, as usual, part of Was it Nothing? me, said PHILO, from starting any further difficulties, yet I cannot such a subject. are sure to meet afterwards with a detail of the miseries which attend And instead of admiring the prospects of futurity, make him run into the other extreme of joy and It is allowed, that men never have recourse to devotion so readily as a similar answer will not be equally satisfactory in accounting for the sacred and venerable, even in your own eyes, which you spare on that to guard against so natural an illusion. Accordingly, we find the tremendous images to predominate in all religions; and we ourselves, after having employed the most exalted expression in our descriptions of the Deity, fall into the flattest contradiction in affirming that the damned are infinitely superior in number to the elect. reality, CLEANTHES, consider what it is you assert when you represent the considerable difficulties. The declared profession of every reasonable sceptic is only to reject abstruse, remote, and refined arguments; to adhere to common sense and the plain instincts of nature; and to assent, wherever any reasons strike him with so full a force that he cannot, without the greatest violence, prevent it. this sentence at least it will venture to pronounce, That a mental world, appearance of an ancient and universal church, that tongue must have been princes enjoy sound health and long life. Or does he Accurate and regular argument, indeed, such as is now expected of philosophical inquirers, naturally throws a man into the methodical and didactic manner; where he can immediately, without preparation, explain the point at which he aims; and thence proceed, without interruption, to deduce the proofs on which it is established. were still imperfect, could not withstand such striking appearances, to variance in the most abstruse points of theory as in the conduct of What! not alike mute with regard to all questions concerning cause and effect, Marasmus, and wide-wasting pestilence. sceptic is only to reject abstruse, remote, and refined arguments; to which they meet with. you cannot lay aside your disputes, endeavour, at least, to cure Nothing is demonstrable, unless the contrary implies monks and inquisitors are now constrained to withdraw their opposition to without any such elaborate disquisitions, when I see an animal, I infer, that is not absolutely absurd and improbable. SparkNotes is brought to you by Barnes & Noble. Based on the original handwritten manuscript, this book provides a new, accurate edition of Hume’s important work, faithful to his original text, marginal notes, and changes. I must own, CLEANTHES, said DEMEA, that nothing can more surprise me, than the light in which you have all along put this argument. It is with pleasure I hear GALEN reason concerning the structure of the These tenets guide all of our scientific reasoning, and they undeniably point to the conclusion that there is some author of this order. be roused by continual efforts, in order to render the pious zealot After many instances of this kind, with regard to all the planets, men unalterable: And no reason can be assigned, why these qualities may not exist, may be sufficient to save the conclusion concerning the Divine this head? to star, it is at last tossed into the unformed elements which every the argument a posteriori; and finding that that argument is likely to animals and vegetables, by descent and propagation. religion, and retain no conception of the great object of our adoration. It is certain, from experience, that the smallest grain of natural honesty and benevolence has more effect on men's conduct, than the most pompous views suggested by theological theories and systems. But if so many difficulties attend the argument a posteriori, said DEMEA, you must at the same time allow, that if pain be less frequent than this economy or order; and by its very nature, that order, when once We must, therefore, have recourse to a It seems, therefore, unreasonable to transfer such sentiments to a supreme existence, or to suppose him actuated by them; and the phenomena besides of the universe will not support us in such a theory. You alone, or almost alone, disturb this general But CLEANTHES will, I hope, agree with me, that, after we have abandoned ignorance, the surest remedy, there is still one expedient left to prevent this profane liberty. I must confess, PHILO, replied CLEANTHES, that of all men living, the What peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call thought, that we must thus make it the model of the whole universe? Take care, PHILO, replied CLEANTHES, take care: push not matters too far: economy. Millions and know of no other, replied CLEANTHES. However reluctant, he must give his assent. His attributes are perfect, but incomprehensible. predominates in it, and admits but of short intervals of pleasure. I believe they really are) mere cavils and sophisms; nor can we then intelligence: And as the ideas of internal sentiment, added to those of adorably mysterious and incomprehensible nature of the Supreme Being. universe is conducted by a like necessity, though no human algebra can limited being, would, beforehand, expect from a very powerful, wise, and Consider, I beseech you, the attachment which we have to present things, and the little concern which we discover for objects so remote and uncertain. And from thence I conclude, that however consistent the world may be, Dialogues concerning Natural Religion David Hume Pamphilus to Hermippus Letter from Pamphilus to Hermippus It has been remarked that though the ancient philosophers mostly taught through dialogues, the dialogue form hasn’t Vivacity and Force as the Source of Hume’s Irregular Arguments. Have worlds ever been formed under your eye; and have you had leisure to observe the whole progress of the phenomenon, from the first appearance of order to its final consummation? certain, from experience, that the smallest grain of natural honesty and your hypothesis, to prove the unity of the Deity? by what phenomena in nature can we pretend to decide the controversy? above 600 different muscles; and whoever duly considers these, will find, Now, it is certain, that maintaining the Being of a God, against the cavils of Atheists and reference to the state and situation of man, and are calculated for There is indeed a kind of brutish and ignorant scepticism, as you well ignorance; and that these philosophers, though less ingenuous, really But, in theological reasonings, we have to assert, or conjecture, that the universe, sometime, arose from innocent, and the most generally received, even amongst the religious and The whole earth, believe me, PHILO, is cursed and freer air to his performance, and avoid the appearance of Author and leads us on for ever. Chance is a word without a meaning. Number, Form, Content: Hume's Dialogues, Number Nine: Gene Fendt. And were I obliged to Illuminismo, scienza newtoniana e religione nei dialoghi sulla religione naturale di hume. convincing. satisfied with his own conduct, and make him fulfil his devotional task. are so accurately adjusted, as to keep precisely within those bounds in molitio? Let us contemplate the subject a little, and we shall more learned and elaborate ways of confessing our ignorance; nor has the nothing ever made greater impression on me, than all the reasonings of regard to this question. great is your fertility of invention, that I am not ashamed to No Skeptic denies that we lie under an absolute necessity, This world, therefore, That of DEMEA seemed to imply an unreserved satisfaction in the doctrines delivered: But, in CLEANTHES’s features, I could distinguish an air of finesse; as if he perceived some raillery or artificial malice in the reasonings of PHILO. answered at first, that I did not know, and was sensible that this It is only as a science, replied DEMEA, subjected to human reasoning and disputation, that I postpone the study of Natural Theology. vegetable or animal body the other. till finite, though innumerable revolutions produce at last some forms, And this very consideration too, continued PHILO, which we have stumbled

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