 | David Hume - Economics - 1804 - 552 pages
...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 - 798 pages
...pamcnbr volition of the Deity, or by" the infc ”position of an InVrSibfe AgenV This Essay, to use bis own words, is 'designed to show "That no testimony...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 - Miracles - 1807 - 294 pages
...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 - Church history - 1807 - 530 pages
...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 - 556 pages
...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... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 830 pages
...kind which Mr. Hume has acknowledged sufficient to establish even a miracle. " No testimony (says in j is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony...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 with myself whether... | |
 | David Hume - 1817 - 540 pages
...which is superior *. The plain consequence is, (and it is a general maxim worthy of our attention), " That no testimony is sufficient " to establish a miracle,...degree of force which remains after deducting the ii inferior." When any one tells me that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider... | |
 | David Hume - 1817 - 528 pages
...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...force which remains after deducting the " inferior,." When any one tells me that he saw a dead man restored to lifev I immediately consider with myself whether... | |
 | Thomas Stackhouse - 1817 - 636 pages
...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...miraculous than 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,... | |
 | Thomas Renwick - 1820 - 360 pages
...destructive of the physical wonders displayed by Miss M^Woy. It has been well observed, he says, that 164 " No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle,...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 not fairly... | |
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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: and even in that case there is a mutual destruction of arguments,... 
