Excerpt from Examination of Gillespie: Being an Analytical Criticism of the Argument a Priori for the Existence of a Great First CauseControversial tractates like the present necessarily have but a limited circulation. Out of ten persons who see Mr. Gillespie's treatise it is certain that not more than one will read this reply. Such being the case, I might well (it will be thought) have followed Hume's example in not replying to his critics, and have abstained from further discussion. I am fully sensible of the force of this argument, and shall therefore reply merely to two counter criticisms, one of which raises so important a question (though, as it will be seen, based on a misunderstanding of my words) that a brief consideration thereof may not be altogether out of place.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.