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Author: David Hume (1711-1776)
Dialogue form: Different views expressed
Topic:
Natural Religion: What we can know about the being and nature of God through reason and evidence, apart from "special revelation" (e.g. prophets and scripture).
Characters:
Cleanthes: scientific theologian Demea: rationalist and mystic and fideist? Philo: skeptic