 | David Hume - 1804 - Liczba stron: 552
...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 be more miracu" lous than the fact which it endeavours to establish: " And even in that case there is a mutual... | |
 | 1817 - Liczba stron: 798
...¡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, unless 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 - Liczba stron: 294
...consequence is, and it is " .a GENERAL MAXIM, worthy of our at*• tention, THAT NO TESTIMONY is SUFFICI" ENT TO ESTABLISH A MIRACLE, UNLESS " THE TESTIMONY BE OF SUCH A KIND, THAT " ITS FALSEHOOD WOULD BE MORE IMPRO" BABLE THAN THE FACT WHICH IT EN" DEAVOURS TO ESTABLISH."* If the reader thinks himself instructed... | |
 | George Campbell - 1807 - Liczba stron: 530
...GENERAL MAXIM, worthy of " 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 IMPRO" BABLE, THAN• THE FAcT WHIcH IT ENDEAVOURS TO E8" TABLisHf ." If the reader thinks himself... | |
 | David Hume - 1809 - Liczba stron: 556
...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 be more miracu" lous than the fact which it endeavours to establish: " And even in that case there is a mutual... | |
 | David Hume - 1817 - Liczba stron: 540
...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...miraculous " than the fact which it endeavours to establish : And even " in that case there is a mutual destruction of arguments, " and the superior only gives... | |
 | 1817 - Liczba stron: 780
...interposition of an Invisible Agent." This Essay, to use his own words, is designed to show " That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony...miraculous, than the fact which it endeavours to establish : and even, in that case, there is a mutual destruction of arguments, and the superior only gives us... | |
 | Thomas Stackhouse - 1817 - Liczba stron: 636
...sufficient to establish the credibility even of a miracle. " No testimony, says he, (b) is sufficient M establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such...the fact which it endeavours to establish — When any one tells me, that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself, whether... | |
 | David Hume - 1817 - Liczba stron: 528
...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...miraculous " than the fact which it endeavours to establish : And even " in that case there is a mutual destruction of arguments, " and the superior only gives... | |
 | Thomas Renwick - 1820 - Liczba stron: 360
...physical wonders displayed by Miss M^Woy. It has been well observed, he says, that 164 " No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony...miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish." ." And I shall leave it to the world to decide, whether the evidence to the miracle in question is... | |
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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. 
