... as has seldom fallen under our observation, here is a contest of two opposite experiences; of which the one destroys the other, as far as its force goes, and the superior can only operate on the mind by the force, which remains. The very same principle... Hume's Abject Failure: The Argument Against Miracles - Seite 177von John Earman - 2000 - 232 SeitenEingeschränkte Leseprobe - Über dieses Buch
| David Hume - 1804 - 552 Seiten
...case, another degree of j I 4 ' ' assurance against the fact, which they endeavour to esta» blislt ; from which contradiction there necessarily arises...counterpoise, and mutual destruction of belief and authority. / should not believe such a story were it told me by CATO ; was a proverbial saying in ROME, even during... | |
| 1804 - 994 Seiten
...very argument against miracles. ' The very same principle of experience,' he says, ' which gives us a certain degree of assurance in the testimony of^ witnesses, gives us, in the case of miracles, another degree of assurance against the fact which they endeavour to establish.... | |
| George Campbell - 1807 - 530 Seiten
...operate on the mind by the force * which remains. The very same principle of experience, * which gives us a certain degree of assurance in the testimony * of...witnesses, gives us also, in this case, another degree of c assurance, against the fact which they endeavour to establish ; * from which contradiction, there... | |
| George Campbell - 1807 - 294 Seiten
...experience, which gives me a certain de" gree of assurance in the' testimony of the " witness, gives me also, in this case, another " degree of assurance, against the fact, which " he endeavours to establish, from which con" tradiction there arises a counterpoise, and " mutual... | |
| David Hume - 1809 - 556 Seiten
...operate on the mind by the force which remains. The very same principle of experience, which gives us a certain degree of assurance in the testimony of...another degree of assurance against the fact, which they endeavour to establish ; from which contradiction there necessarily arises a counterpoise, and mutual... | |
| David Hume - 1817 - 528 Seiten
...operate on the mind by the force which remains. The very same principle of experience, which gives us a certain degree of assurance in the testimony of witnesses, gives us also, in Una VOL. II. I case, another degree of assurance against the fact which they endeavour to establish... | |
| George Campbell - 1823 - 590 Seiten
...experience, which gives ' me a certain degree of assurance in the testimony ' of the witness, gives me also, in this case, another ' degree of assurance, against the fact, which he ' endeavours to establish, from which contradiction ' there arises a counterpoise, and mutual destruc'... | |
| George Campbell - 1824 - 396 Seiten
...operate on the mind by the force which re' mains. The very same principle of experience, which gives ' us a certain degree of assurance, in the testimony of...degree of assurance, against ' the fact which they endeavour to establish ; from which con' tradiction, there necessarily arises a counterpoise, and mutual... | |
| David Hume - 1825 - 526 Seiten
...operate on the mind by the force which remains. The very same principle of experience, which gives us a certain degree of assurance in the testimony of...another degree of assurance against the fact which they endeavour to establish ; from which contradiction there necessarily arises a counterpoise, and mutual... | |
| Archibald Alexander - 1825 - 256 Seiten
...should witness it ever so often. " The very same principle of experience," says he, " which gives us a certain degree of assurance in the testimony of...another degree of assurance against the fact which they endeavour to establish, from which contradiction there arises necessarily a counterpoise, and mutual... | |
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