In 1827 Hume's History of England and all of his other works were placed on the Index of Prohibited Books. The article examines Hume's account of religion in the medieval books by using as a companion the censorship report (the "protestant" Hume was charged because of his views on real presence, usury, celibacy of the clergy, crusades, toleration, Thomas Becket and John Wickliffe). Hume's history of religion in England is the history of religion's never-ending impulses to free itself from idolatrous superstition (a pagan or Catholic sensible visible religion), which arises from a natural tendency and satisfies a human need.

Hume on the Index: Religion and the Early History of England, 2007-05.

Hume on the Index: Religion and the Early History of England

Mazza, Emilio
2007-05-01

Abstract

In 1827 Hume's History of England and all of his other works were placed on the Index of Prohibited Books. The article examines Hume's account of religion in the medieval books by using as a companion the censorship report (the "protestant" Hume was charged because of his views on real presence, usury, celibacy of the clergy, crusades, toleration, Thomas Becket and John Wickliffe). Hume's history of religion in England is the history of religion's never-ending impulses to free itself from idolatrous superstition (a pagan or Catholic sensible visible religion), which arises from a natural tendency and satisfies a human need.
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Settore M-FIL/06 - Storia della Filosofia
Numero speciale di "The Modern Schoolman" intitolato “David Hume and Edward Gibbon. Philosophical Historians/Historical Philosophers”, curato da Stephen P. Forster
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