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ESSAY XII.
Of the Academical or Sceptical Philosophy.
PART I.
There is not a greater Number of philosophical Reasonings, display'd upon any Subject, than those to prove the Existence of a Deity, and refute the Fallacies of Atheists; and yet the most religious Philosophers still dispute whether any Man can be so blinded as to be a speculative Atheist. How shall we reconcile these Contradictions? The Knight-Errants, who wander'd about to clear the World of Dragons and Giants, never entertain'd the least Doubt concerning the Existence of these Monsters.
The Sceptic is another Enemy of Religion, who naturally provokes the Indignation of all Divines andgraver
