| Hume defends the necessitarian point of view by arguing that all human actions are caused by antecedent motives. |
| If the transcendental philosophy is not a version of Leibnizian rationalism, why is it not a repetition of the sceptical empiricism of Hume? |
| The philosopher David Hume had already subjected the argument from design to a devastating critique in the mid-18th century. |
| Hume gives the example of an Indian prince who had never seen water freeze and mistakenly disbelieved stories about ice. |
| Finally, Hume might have been influenced by Bayle's treatment of religious questions, especially the argument from design. |
| The Monsignor, who's also known as Father Vlad, instigated the Westminster pilgrimage in 1987 at the request of the late Cardinal Basil Hume. |
