A Dissertation on Miracles: Containing an Examination of the Principles Advanced by David Hume, Esq. in an Essay on MiraclesMundell, Doig, & Stevenson, 1807 - 240 Seiten |
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... advantage of being on the side of truth . And an eminent advantage this doubtless is . It requires but moderate abilities to speak in defence of a good cause . A good cause demands but a distinct A 3 INTRODUCTION . 5.
... advantage of being on the side of truth . And an eminent advantage this doubtless is . It requires but moderate abilities to speak in defence of a good cause . A good cause demands but a distinct A 3 INTRODUCTION . 5.
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... cause . A good cause demands but a distinct exposition and a fair hearing ; and we may say with great propriety , it will speak for itself . But to adorn error with the sem- blance of truth , and make the worse appear the better reason ...
... cause . A good cause demands but a distinct exposition and a fair hearing ; and we may say with great propriety , it will speak for itself . But to adorn error with the sem- blance of truth , and make the worse appear the better reason ...
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... cause . L IN answer to this , I propose first to prove , that the whole is built upon a false hypothe- sis . That the evidence of testimony is de- rived solely from experience , which seems to be an axiom of this writer , is at least ...
... cause . L IN answer to this , I propose first to prove , that the whole is built upon a false hypothe- sis . That the evidence of testimony is de- rived solely from experience , which seems to be an axiom of this writer , is at least ...
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... causes . things alternately , as causes and effects of each other . Yet nothing can be more li- mited than the sense which is conveyed under the term experience , in the first acceptation . The merest clown or peasant derives in ...
... causes . things alternately , as causes and effects of each other . Yet nothing can be more li- mited than the sense which is conveyed under the term experience , in the first acceptation . The merest clown or peasant derives in ...
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... cause such accounts have hitherto been found in all the histories , profane as well as sacred , of times past . But we need not re- cur to an inference to obtain this acknow- ledgment . It is often to be met with in the essay . In one ...
... cause such accounts have hitherto been found in all the histories , profane as well as sacred , of times past . But we need not re- cur to an inference to obtain this acknow- ledgment . It is often to be met with in the essay . In one ...
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Abbé acknowledge admit apostles appear Archbishop of Sens argument ascribed attested author hath barbarous believe cardinal cause cerning Christian circumstances concerning conclusion consequence considered contrary course of nature credulity cures dence discover divine doctrine doth ence enemies enthusiasts essay essayist established event evidence evinced fact faith false falsehood favour former fraud gion give gospel Heaven holy human Hume Hume's imagine instance invisible agent Jansenist Jesus judge justly kind laws of nature least ledge ligion mankind manner MARISCHAL COLLEGE miracles of Jesus Montgeron mony never observed opinion Pagan particular Pentateuch performed person philosophers presumption arising pretended principles probability prodigies prove racles racter reader reason received recur relation religion religious remark rience saint SECT sense strong suppose Tacitus testi testimony thing Thomas Pyle thor timony tion truth Vespasian witnesses wonders words writer wrought in proof
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Seite 57 - A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined.
Seite 217 - I am the better pleased with the method of reasoning here delivered, as I think it may serve to confound those dangerous friends or disguised enemies to the Christian Religion, who have undertaken to defend it by the principles of human reason. Our most holy religion...
Seite 56 - Upon the whole, then, it appears that no testimony for any kind of miracle has ever amounted to a probability, much less to a proof ; and that, even supposing it amounted to a proof, it would be opposed by another proof, derived from the very nature of the fact which it would endeavour to establish.
Seite 220 - So that, upon the whole, we may conclude that the Christian Religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one. Mere reason is insufficient to convince us of its veracity : and whoever is moved by faith to assent to it, is conscious of a continued miracle in his own person, which subverts all the principles of his understanding, and gives him a determination to believe what is most contrary to custom and experience.
Seite 147 - One of the best attested miracles in all profane history, is that which Tacitus reports of Vespasian, who cured a blind man in Alexandria, by means of his spittle, and a lame man by the mere touch of his foot...
Seite 152 - To which, if we add the public nature of the facts, as related, it will appear that no evidence can well be supposed stronger for so gross and so palpable a falsehood.
Seite 11 - 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 assurance against the fact which they endeavour to establish ; from which contradiction there necessarily arises a counterpoise, and mutual destruction of belief and authority.
Seite 165 - Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Seite 83 - The plain consequence is (and it is a general maxim worthy of our attention), "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...
Seite 81 - When anyone tells me that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself whether it be more probable that this person should either deceive or be deceived, or that the fact which he relates should really have happened.