Philip Skelton (1707-87), religious writer, critic of Hume, a fast friend and a fast enemy who sold his library twice to raise money for famine relief, died in Dublin #otd in 1787.

#dib https://www.dib.ie/biography/skelton-philip-a8110

The eventful life of Philip Skelton, enemy of deism https://www.irishphilosophy.com/2015/05/04/philip-skelton/

The first critic of Hume's On miracles (whose criticisms Hume read for the printer, and said "print!") https://www.irishphilosophy.com/2018/04/26/debating-hume-on-miracles/

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