Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

One of philosophy's most dangerous books wrapped in an irresistible form. David Hume, the 18th-century Scottish skeptic who nearly got prosecuted for atheism, wrote his masterpiece as a dialogue between three men arguing about God. No conclusions are handed to you. Instead, you're invited into a secret war between faith and reason. Cleanthes believes you can prove God's existence by looking at the universe - the way you'd recognize a watch's designer from its intricate gears. Demea insists God is utterly beyond human comprehension. Philo, the skeptic, tears apart every argument with relentless logic. What makes this book extraordinary is that Hume gives his enemies his best weapons and his allies their worst. You finish with no easy answers, only a deeper question. Two and a half centuries later, the debate still rages. For anyone who wants to think clearly about religion, science, and what we can actually know.