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sofer_mahir's review against another edition
3.0
An interesting read, that manages to be more engaging than I expected.
littlepanda's review against another edition
2.0
I had to read it for my studies and I did not liked it... I understood the basis of D. Hume's book but while reading it I had terrible headaches...
madcrazymoviereviews's review against another edition
4.0
A solid four stars.
I downloaded this to my e-reader probably a decade ago and kept putting it off because it thought it would be boring...
This is great! Takes a bit to get used to the language, but when you're in that mode it's fast, approachable, and actually fairly easy for a book that tackles so many Big Ideas in philosophy.
I'd recommend it to basically anyone.
I downloaded this to my e-reader probably a decade ago and kept putting it off because it thought it would be boring...
This is great! Takes a bit to get used to the language, but when you're in that mode it's fast, approachable, and actually fairly easy for a book that tackles so many Big Ideas in philosophy.
I'd recommend it to basically anyone.
darwin8u's review
5.0
“All that belongs to human understanding, in this deep ignorance and obscurity, is to be sceptical, or at least cautious, and not to admit of any hypothesis whatever, much less of any which is
supported by no appearance of probability.”
― David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
Reading Mill's [b:Utilitarianism|584637|Utilitarianism|John Stuart Mill|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1405624617s/584637.jpg|1086777] the other day reminded me that it has been ages since I've read Hume. Hume's last little book, for me, is nearly perfect. He combines skepticism with a dark and mischievous humor. He is infinitely quotable and his dialogue on natural religion seemed to anticipate PERFECTLY our current Neoatheist debates and squabbles. It is hard for me to read Hume's dialogues without inserting Hitchens, Sullivan and Douthat into the place of Philo, Cleanthes and Demea (not a perfect transposition, but you get what I'm saying).
Anyway, it was a great lazy Sunday afternoon read. I'm glad I read it in my forties, because the humor I found now (based on 20+ more years lived) is considerably more that what I found reading this as an undergraduate at BYU so many, many years ago.
(for a better, fuller review, go read Manny's review).
supported by no appearance of probability.”
― David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
Reading Mill's [b:Utilitarianism|584637|Utilitarianism|John Stuart Mill|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1405624617s/584637.jpg|1086777] the other day reminded me that it has been ages since I've read Hume. Hume's last little book, for me, is nearly perfect. He combines skepticism with a dark and mischievous humor. He is infinitely quotable and his dialogue on natural religion seemed to anticipate PERFECTLY our current Neoatheist debates and squabbles. It is hard for me to read Hume's dialogues without inserting Hitchens, Sullivan and Douthat into the place of Philo, Cleanthes and Demea (not a perfect transposition, but you get what I'm saying).
Anyway, it was a great lazy Sunday afternoon read. I'm glad I read it in my forties, because the humor I found now (based on 20+ more years lived) is considerably more that what I found reading this as an undergraduate at BYU so many, many years ago.
(for a better, fuller review, go read Manny's review).
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