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Reading Hume's Dialogues : a veneration for true religion / William Lad Sessions.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Indiana series in the philosophy of religionPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2002.Description: x, 281 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0253341167 (alk. paper)
  • 9780253341167 (alk. paper)
  • 025321534X (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780253215345 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 061339
LOC classification:
  • B1493.D523 S47 2002
Summary: Annotation 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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Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Yandell Collection ARCH YNDC 210 S493R (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 061339

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-267) and index.

Annotation 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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