 | Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 páginas
...possible. Father John Lafarge (b. 1880) of the cures of Lourdes A miracle may be accurately defined, a transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the Deity, or by the interposition of some invisible agent. David Hume (1711-1776) Scottish philosopher,... | |
 | Colin Brown, Steve Wilkens, Alan G. Padgett - 1990 - 456 páginas
...footnote Hume himself put forth a second definition when he wrote: "A miracle may be accurately defined, a transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the Deity, or by the interposition of some invisible agent.'"15 This second definition still has the possible... | |
 | Diogenes Allen, Eric O. Springsted - 1992 - 324 páginas
...that the voice or command of a man should have such an influence. A miracle may be accurately defined, a transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the Deity, or by the interposition of some invisible agent. A miracle may either be discoverable by men... | |
 | David Hume, Eric Steinberg - 1993 - 170 páginas
...that the voice or command of a man should have such an influence. A miracle may be accurately defined, a transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the Deity, or by the interposition of some invisible agent. A miracle may either be discoverable by men... | |
 | Stephen T. Davis - 1993 - 244 páginas
...rational to believe that a miracle has occurred, if a miracle is understood (as Hume defines it) as "a transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the Deity, or by the interposition of an invisible agent."2 Let me briefly summarize what I take to be... | |
 | C. Stephen Evans - 1996 - 406 páginas
...thought to be what might be called a 'Hume-type' definition, after David Hume's statement that a miracle is 'a transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the Deity, or by the interposition of some invisible agent'.7 Hume's definition is often employed by both... | |
 | Jeff Jordan, Daniel Howard-Snyder - 1996 - 310 páginas
...dedicated, with respect, gratitude, and affection. 261. See, for example, Hume's "accurate definition": a transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the Deity, or by the interposition of some invisible agent, in An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding,... | |
 | David J. Bartholomew - 1996 - 302 páginas
...who may be said to have started it all, defines a miracle thus: 'A miracle may be accurately defined, a transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the Deity, or by the interposition of some invisible agent.' Lewis (1960: 7) gives what he calls a crude... | |
 | Peter Vardy - 1997 - 244 páginas
...everlasting or timeless God David Hume's definition of a miracle is clear and to the point. A miracle is: "A transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the Deity, or by the interposition of some invisible agent." This is the classic understanding of a miracle,... | |
 | Don Garrett Associate Professor of Philosophy University of Utah - 1996 - 289 páginas
...sense. Chapter 7 1. It also plays the same role in the expanded definition he offers in a footnote: "a transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the Deity, or by the interposition of some invisible agent" (EHU $90n). Although the restriction to volitions... | |
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