 If the falsehood of his testimony would be more miraculous, than the event which he relates; then, and not till then, can he pretend to command my belief or opinion.  The Philosophical Works - Стр. 132авторы: David Hume - 1854Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | John Gorham Palfrey - 1843 - Страниц: 468
...discover, I pronounce my decision, and always reject the greater miracle. If the falsehood of his testimony would be more miraculous than the event which he relates,...then, can he pretend to command my belief or opinion." Nothing can be more justly said than this. As a friend to Christianity, I adopt every word of it. I... | |
 | James Smith - 1843 - Страниц: 728
...discover, I pronounce my decision, and always reject the greater miracle. If the falsehood of his testimony would be more miraculous than the event which he relates,...then, can he pretend to command my belief or opinion." * Mr. Hume's argument in substance is this, " Experience, which in some things is variable, in others... | |
 | 1843 - Страниц: 644
...abundant testimony of history as to the occurrence of miracles. He therefore goes on to say, (p. 124,) "In the foregoing reasoning we have supposed, that...which a miracle is founded may possibly amount to an entire proof, and that the falsehood of that testimony would be a real prodigy. But it is easy to... | |
 | John Watts - 1857 - Страниц: 210
...discover, I pronounce my decision, and always reject the greater miracle. If the falsehood of his testimony would be more miraculous than the event which he relates;...then, can he pretend to command my belief or opinion There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such... | |
 | Peter Bayne - 1862 - Страниц: 204
...discover, I pronounce my decision, and always reject the greater miracle. If the falsehood of his testimony would be more miraculous than the event which he relates, then, and not till then, can he pretend to demand my belief or opinion." Exactly ; no statement could be more reasonable. Let us proceed, then,... | |
 | 1864 - Страниц: 644
...remainder." Also with regard to testimony about raising the dead, " If the falsehood of his testimony would be more miraculous than the event which he relates, then, and not till then, can he pretend to demand my belief or opinion." We need have no fears of the application of these principles to Christian... | |
 | 1864 - Страниц: 646
...remainder." Also with regard to testimony about raising the dead, " If the falsehood of his testimony would be more miraculous than the event which he relates, then, and not till then, can he pretend to demand my belief or opinion." We need have no fears of the application of these principles to Christian... | |
 | William Mackergo Taylor - 1865 - Страниц: 252
...I pronounce the decision, and always reject the greater miracle. If the falsehood of his testimony would be more miraculous than the event which he relates, then, and not till then, can he pretend to demand ray belief or opinion.' * But this, as every one must observe, is precisely what the Christian... | |
 | Philip Schaff - 1866 - Страниц: 380
...discover, I pronounce my decision, and always reject the greater miracle. If the falsehood of his testimony would be more miraculous than the event which he relates, then, and not till then, can he pretend to demand my belief or opinion." We need not fear this test, and can turn it in our case against Hume... | |
 | Philip Schaff - 1866 - Страниц: 436
...pronounce my decision, and always reject the greater miracle. If the falsehood of his testimony would bo more miraculous than the event which he relates, then, and not till then, can he pretend to demand my belief or opinion." We need not fear this test, and can turn it in our case against Hume... | |
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