 | Victoria Institute (Great Britain) - 1878 - Страниц: 564
...moment is inconceivable. The case completely fulfils Hume's condition that, to establish a miracle, " the testimony be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish." It seems idle to draw " psychological parallels,"... | |
 | Walter Richard Cassels - 1879 - Страниц: 628
...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,...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... | |
 | Henry Wace - 1880 - Страниц: 424
...moment is inconceivable. The case completely fulfils Hume's condition that, to establish a miracle, 'the testimony be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish.' It seems idle to draw ' psychological parallels,'... | |
 | Logan Mitchell - 1881 - Страниц: 258
...of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined ; and, therefore, no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle,...be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavors to establish." This argument is absolutely invincible.... | |
 | John Cunningham - 1882 - Страниц: 942
...of Tillotson upon transubstantiation, he attempts to demonstrate the startling proposition, that " no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle,...be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish." Yet, with all his philosophical scepticism,... | |
 | John James Lias - 1883 - Страниц: 300
...striking form the objections which had been raised by Woolston and others before him. He says " that no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle,...be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish." Or, as Paley summarizes it yet more tersely... | |
 | Henry Coke - 1883 - Страниц: 328
...contained in the New Testament. The famous argument of Hume states the case in its aptest form. " That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle,...be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish." To deal here with general principles only,... | |
 | 1852 - Страниц: 826
...argument of Hume has been regarded by many as sufficient to set them aside. Mr. Hume affirms, that " no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle,...testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would bo more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish." He says again, that "the evidence... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1885 - Страниц: 432
...superior. The plain consequence is — and it is a general maxim worthy of our attention, — ' That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle,...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... | |
 | Stuart C. Brown - 2001 - Страниц: 212
...is superior. 13 The plain consequence is (and it is a general maxim worthy of our attentionl, 'That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle,...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... | |
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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... 
