... to be true and impartial; the next is to be interesting,"" said Hume. Hume wanted to produce an unbiased history that was interesting for a common citizen to read. Hume's main focus in this voluminous work is to convey an understanding of the British constitution and its history, without factional, or partisan, biases. Hume views his history as free from the traditional prejudices litter British histories ... work Hume applied for professorships at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow but was denied by both institutions because of his skeptical religious beliefs. In...

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... reasonable conclusion based on the analogy that the argument makes? One main argument against Paley is, if a watch is designed by a watchmaker and a human brain is designed by a perfect supreme being, who designed the perfect supreme being? Also, Paley's argument seems to crumble after reading Darwin's theory ... who created "our" perfect supreme being. This creation of new perfect supreme beings would go for an infinite number of times. Another argument, concerning the perfect Supreme Being, is that there is not one watchmaker, but many, and that they are imperfect. From this, a reason...

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