Enlightenment · English
The Natural History of Religion
The Natural History of Religion, by David Hume (1711–1776), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.
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17 chapters- 01Introduction.prose
- 02The Natural History of Religion.prose
- 03Section I.: That Polytheism was the primary Religion of Men.prose
- 04Section II.: Origin of Polytheism.prose
- 05Section III.: The same subject continued.prose
- 06Section IV.: Deities not considered as Creators or Formers of the World.prose
- 07Section V.: Various Forms of Polytheism: Allegory, Hero-Worship.prose
- 08Section VI.: Origin of Theism from Polytheism.prose
- 09Section VII.: Confirmation of this Doctrine.prose
- 10Section VIII.: Flux and Reflux of Polytheism and Theism.prose
- 11Section IX.: Comparison of these Religions with regard to Persecution and Toleration.prose
- 12Section X.: With regard to Courage or Abasement.prose
- 13Section XI.: With regard to Reason or Absurdity.prose
- 14Section XII.: With regard to Doubt or Conviction.prose
- 15Section XIII.: Impious conceptions of the divine nature in popular religions of both kinds.prose
- 16Section XIV.: Bad influence of popular religions on morality.prose
- 17Section XV.: General Corollary.prose