... : For it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion" (Morgan 15). His extreme conclusions left a very pessimistic view for the amount of knowledge humans can know. In his work, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, he examines human being's capability in knowing the true nature of God. Rather than straightforwardly state his beliefs, he disguises them in dialog form. Hume's projects his beliefs on the ... the true nature of God. Hume portrays the weakness one possesses if they base all their religion on faith alone to decipher the nature of God. The ideas and science brought into the...

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... became the personal tutor to the marquis of Annandale and in 1746 judge advocate for a British military expedition to France. In 1748 published his most well known work An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. This was basically a condensed and more concise version of his Treatise. Hume moved into Edinburgh in 1751 and in 1752 he received, what he felt to be, his ... state in London. Following this brief stint in the government Hume returned to Edinburgh to write. Until 1776, when he died of cancer, Hume worked on his autobiography and his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. Both o...

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