 | David Hume - 1772 - 556 Seiten
...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 its... | |
 | David Hume - 1788 - 600 Seiten
...miracle, rniracle rendered credible, but by an oppofite proof, which is fupcrior *< The plain confequence is (and it is a general maxim worthy of our attention), " That no teftimony " is fufficient to eftablifti a miracle, unlefs the tefti«' mony be of fuch a kind, that... | |
 | John Leland, William Laurence Brown - 1798 - 496 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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... | |
 | George Campbell - 1807 - 294 Seiten
...-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 atfi tention, THAT NO TESTIMONY is SUFFICI" ENT TO ESTABLISH A MIRACLE, UNLESS " THE TESTIMONY BE OF... | |
 | Thomas Edward Ritchie - 1807 - 962 Seiten
...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 fufficient to eftablifh a miracle, unlefs the teftimony be of fuch a kind, that its falfehood... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1835 - 594 Seiten
...consequently be useful as long as the world endures.' And the argument thus ostentatiously produced is, — ' That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle,...falsehood would be. more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish.' — Essays, vol. ii. p. 123. In reply — we must begin by observing Mr.... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 788 Seiten
...kii)d which Mr. Hume has acknowledged sufficient to establish even a miracle. " No testimony (says he) is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony...falsehood would be more 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... | |
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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... 
