...Rationalist Press Association. In the very first paragraph of The Natural History of Religion he says, "The whole frame of nature bespeaks an Intelligent...primary principles of genuine Theism and Religion." But against this near-profession of belief (it is not without ambiguity) we shall have to balance the criticism...

...History that "[t]he whole frame of nature bespeaks an intelligent author; and no rational enquirer can, after serious reflection, suspend his belief...religion in human nature, is exposed to some more difficulty."48 Hume is ostensibly telling us that even though religion is due to psychological forces...

...of the universe. "The whole frame of nature bespeaks an intelligent author; and no rational enquirer can, after serious reflection, suspend his belief...regard to the primary principles of genuine Theism and Religion."59 Although Hume was, perhaps, the most severe and devastating critic of the argument from...

...argument from design: The whole frame of nature bespeaks an intelligent author; and no rational enquirer can, after serious reflection, suspend his belief...primary principles of genuine Theism and Religion. This argument should lead us to believe in "one single being, who bestowed existence and order on this...

...first page that 'The whole frame of nature bespeaks an intelligent author, and no rational enquirer can, after serious reflection, suspend his belief...primary principles of genuine Theism and Religion." Throughout the essay, written around the time that the Dialogues was begun, Hume contrasted the reasonable...

...the Introduction: "The whole frame of nature bespeaks an intelligent author; and no rational enquirer can, after serious reflection, suspend his belief...primary principles of genuine Theism and Religion.' There is indeed a problem in discerning Hume's real position at the end of the Dialogues, and this...

...his writings, he professes to accept the argument from design. The whole frame of nature', he writes, 'bespeaks an Intelligent Author; and no rational inquirer...primary principles of genuine Theism and Religion' (G 309). This remark is not patently insincere and I have to allow for my own prejudices in taking...

...theism for granted. 'The whole frame of nature bespeaks an intelligent author; and no rational enquirer can, after serious reflection, suspend his belief...primary principles of genuine Theism and Religion.' 'A purpose, an intention, a design is evident in every thing; and when our comprehension is so far...

...Hume says this: '[t]he whole frame of nature bespeaks an intelligent author: and no rational enquirer can, after serious reflection, suspend his belief...primary principles of genuine Theism and Religion' (NHR: 134, emphasis added1. A little later on in the same book he adds that, '[t]he belief of invisible,...

...work, he asserts: The whole frame of nature bespeaks an intelligent author; and no rational enquirer can, after serious reflection, suspend his belief...primary principles of genuine Theism and Religion (NHR, 21). Obviously, the preceding statement is not an unequivocal endorsement of the claims of historical...