Project Gutenberg has ebook versions available as well as an html version. I particularly like the Penguin edition and the Hackett edition, edited by Richard Popkin. The Text of Dialogues Concerning Natural Religionĭialogues Concerning Natural Religion is widely available in print. But, if you would like to have some philosophical context for it, you might consider watching the discussion between Bryan McGee and John Passmore on David Hume (in five parts) available here: In Our TIme should give you plenty of context to read Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. With: Peter Millican, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford Helen Beebee , Professor of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham James Harris , Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of St Andrews Producer: Thomas Morris. His works, beginning in 1740 with A Treatise of Human Nature, have influenced thinkers from Adam Smith to Immanuel Kant and Charles Darwin, and today he is regarded by some scholars as the most important philosopher ever to write in English. He was also the author of a bestselling History of England. He gave a sceptical account of religion, which caused many to suspect him of atheism. He saw human nature as a manifestation of the natural world, rather than something above and beyond it. Hume made a number of significant contributions to philosophy. A key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment of the eighteenth century, Hume was an empiricist who believed that humans can only have knowledge of things they have themselves experienced.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of the philosopher David Hume. I would recommend starting with the podcast, In Our Time With Melvyn Bragg, “David Hume”. The same is true for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. However, this resource is more helpful to those who have read some of Hume’s work and wish to have some of its arguments contextualized. For those who might have a strong background in philosophy, you might find the entry for Hume in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy useful. Unfortunately, you must have a subscription to use the database. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is good for a short introduction. To get started, it’s good to read a bit about his life. So, here are a few sources that will help you situate David Hume in context as well as help you understand what he was trying to do in his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. It is easy to get overwhelmed if you try to do some background research on him. David Hume was one of the most significant philosophers of the eighteenth century, and scores of book and articles have been written about him and his work.
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