 | David Hume - 1772 - 556 páginas
...the miracle rendered credible, but by an oppofite proof, which is fuperior *. The plain confequence is (and it is a general maxim worthy of our attention) " That no teftimony is fuffi. " cient to eftablifh a miracle, unlefs the teftimony be of " fuch a kind, that... | |
 | John Leland, William Laurence Brown - 1798 - 496 páginas
...inference lie draws from the argument, as he had managed it. " The plain " confequep.ee is," faith he, " and it is a general maxim worthy " of our attention, that no tcfiimony is iufficient to eftablifh a " miracle, unlefs the teftimony be of fuch a kind, that its... | |
 | David Hume - 1804 - 552 páginas
...proof be destroyed, or the miracle rendered credible^ but by an opposite proof, which is superior*. • The plain Consequence is (and it is a general maxim worthy of our attention)^ " That no testimony is suffi" cient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of " such a kind, that its falsehood would... | |
 | 1817 - 798 páginas
...by" the infc ¡position of an InVrSibfe AgenV This Essay, to use bis own words, is 'designed to show "That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle,...the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood AvoiiM be more miraculous, than the tact -which it endeavours to establish : arid even, in that case,... | |
 | George Campbell - 1807 - 530 páginas
...which in this passage is entirely equivalent, and observe the effect produced by this elucidation. " The '.' plain consequence is, and it is a GENERAL...our attention, That NO TESTIMONY is SUFFICIENT TO ES" TABLISH A MIRACLE J UNLESS THE TESTIMONY BE OF SUcH " A KIND, THAT ITS FALSEHOOD WOULD BE MORE... | |
 | Thomas Edward Ritchie - 1807 - 546 páginas
...reader will be able to collect: the bearing of his religious creed. " The plain confequence," fays he, " is (and it is a general maxim worthy of our attention,) that no teftimony is fulllcient to eftablifh a miracle, unlefs the teftimony be of fuch a kind, that its falfehood... | |
 | George Campbell - 1807 - 294 páginas
...which in this passage is entirely equivalent, and observe the effect produced by this elucidation. " The plain consequence is, and it is " .a GENERAL MAXIM, worthy of our at*• tention, THAT NO TESTIMONY is SUFFICI" ENT TO ESTABLISH A MIRACLE, UNLESS " THE TESTIMONY BE... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 830 páginas
...kind which Mr. Hume has acknowledged sufficient to establish even a miracle. " No testimony (says in j is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony...miraculous than the fact which, it endeavours to establish. When one tells me that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself whether... | |
 | David Hume - 1817 - 528 páginas
...would not merit that appellation. And as an uniform experience amounts to a proof, there is here u direct and full proof, from the nature of the fact,...our attention), " That no testimony is sufficient " to_ establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such " a kind, that its falsehood would be more... | |
 | Thomas Stackhouse - 1817 - 636 páginas
...sufficient to establish the credibility even of a miracle. " No testimony, says he, (b) is sufficient M establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such...miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish — When any one tells me, that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself,... | |
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That no testimony is sufficient " to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such " a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous " than the fact which it endeavours to establish... 
