 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 2003 - 464 páginas
...essay. The first is - "A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature." The second is - "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."36 Now both these definitions are bad or imperfect.... | |
 | Michael Huemer - 2002 - 636 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... | |
 | Anne Jordan, Neil Lockyer, Edwin Tate - 2002 - 246 páginas
...religious, significance The first point is made clear by David Hume: 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, 'An enquiiy conccnnncj hi understanding,... | |
 | Nicholas Everitt - 2004 - 344 páginas
...He begins with a standard definition of a violation miracle: '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' (Hume 1957: 115fn. 1). We shall drop the last... | |
 | Christopher Hamilton - 2003 - 452 páginas
...state how bodies behave of physical necessity' (Swinburne 1983: 186). Again, Hume defines a miracle as 'a transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the Deity' (Hume 1985: 115, fn.l). And JL Mackie says that a miracle is a violation of a natural law .... | |
 | Murray Miles - 2003 - 698 páginas
...(148). Later, however, he refines the definition as follows: (2) "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" (149). The difference is not just one of accuracy;... | |
 | Alexander Broadie - 2003 - 386 páginas
...witnesses so credible that they outweigh the incredibility of the event? Hume's definition of miracle as 'a transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the Deity, or by the interposition of some invisible agent' (Enquiry, Sect. x, Part 1, note) takes the... | |
 | Robert J. Fogelin - 2010 - 116 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... | |
 | Gordon Graham - 2004 - 264 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 discovered by men or... | |
 | David S. Katz - 2004 - 428 páginas
...miraculous'. As Hume defined it, 'A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature', or alternatively, 'a transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the Deity, or by the interposition of some invisible agent.' Hume argued that even if it could be shown... | |
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