First published at 11:45 UTC on October 27th, 2023.
David Hume on the image of God and the ability of human reason to come to knowledge of God.
"The universal propensity to believe in invisible, intelligent power, if not an original instinct, being at least a general attendant of human nature, …
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David Hume on the image of God and the ability of human reason to come to knowledge of God.
"The universal propensity to believe in invisible, intelligent power, if not an original instinct, being at least a general attendant of human nature, may be considered as a kind of mark or stamp, which the divine workman has set upon his work; and nothing surely can more dignify mankind, than to be thus selected from all the other parts of the creation, and to bear the image or impression of the universal Creator. …. What a noble privilege is it of human reason to attain the knowledge of the supreme Being"
– David Hume, 'The Natural History of Religion', in “Four Dissertations,” 1757
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