 There must, therefore, be a uniform experience against every miraculous event, otherwise the event would not merit that appellation. And as a uniform experience amounts to a proof, there is here a direct and full proof, from the nature of the fact, against...  Essays and treatises on several subjects - Página 113por David Hume - 1817Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 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
...appellation; And as an uniform experience amounts to a proof, there is here a direct and full proof, from th« nature of the fact^ against the existence of any miracle...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... | |
 | George Campbell - 1807 - 530 páginas
...can 'possibly be imagined*." Again, " As an uniform ex"'perience amoytits to a proof, there is here a direct and full "• proof, from the nature of the fact, against the existence of ** any miracle-j-.*' The proof then which the essayist admits from testimony, is, by his own estimate, not... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Herbert Marsh - 1812 - 764 páginas
...would not merit the " appellation. And as uniform experience amounts " to a proof, there is here a direct and full proof " from the nature of the fact, against the existence " of any miracle." In ihe second part of the same Essay, he compares the value of human testimony when opposed to general... | |
 | 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,...credible, but by an opposite proof, which is superior a. The plain consequence is, (and it is a general maxim worthy of our attention), " That no testimony... | |
 | George Campbell - 1823 - 590 páginas
...can possibly be imagined *.' Again, ' As an uniform experience amounts to a ' proof, there is here a direct and full proof, from * the nature of the fact, against the existence of ' any miracle f .' I must once more ask the author, * Page 180. t Page 181. What is the precise meaning of the words... | |
 | 1824 - 602 páginas
...event would not merit the appellation. And as uniform experience amounts to a proof, there is here a direct and full proof from the nature of the fact, against the existence of any miracle." In the second part of the same Essay, he compares the value of human testimony when opposed to general... | |
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