Hume's Dialogues and the problem of religious intolerance

This paper aims to offer an interpretation of David Hume's Dialogues concerning Natural Religion. It will be argued that the problem of religious intolerance plays a decisive role in the work, and, so, that the analysis of this problem is very important to understand the author's goal. Considering the characteristics of the personae created by Hume and paying attention to the arguments defended by each of these personae, we will try to discover an implicit argumental strategy. During the exposition of this hypothesis we also discuss other interpretations of the Dialogues.