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Often appears with: uncertainty of reason · reason and the intellect · prayer and worship · natural religion · logic, method, and demonstration · god’s existence
Usually: argument (1) · curiosity (1) · skepticism (1)
“Happily, these circumstances are all to be found in the subject of NATURAL RELIGION.” David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion · observation
Pamphilus argues that dialogue suits natural religion because key premises are obvious yet details about God’s nature and attributes are obscure and yield uncertainty, contradiction, and engaging conversation.
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion by David Hume PAMPHILUS TO HERMIPPUS It has been remarked, my HERMIPPUS, that though the ancient philosophers conveyed most of their instruction in the form of dialogue, this method of composition has been little practised in later ages, and has seldom succeeded in the hands of those who have attempted it. Accurate and regular argument, indeed, such as is now expected of phil…