 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
 | 1889 - Страниц: 228
...platform. ' Always,' says Hume, ' reject the greater miracle.' ' If the falsehood of a witness' testimony would be more miraculous than the event which he relates, then, and then only, can he command my belief or opinion.' Very well, then. " We ask for no greater concession.... | |
 | Charles Gore - 1891 - Страниц: 334
...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.' I ought to state that in the imaginary case which I have taken from Mary Barton the evidence for the... | |
 | David Hume - 1902 - Страниц: 419
...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...pretend to command my belief or opinion. PART II. 82 In the foregoing reasoning we have supposed, that the testimony, upon which a miracle is founded,... | |
 | David Hume - 1907 - Страниц: 324
...a force requisite for that purpose, is as rea] a miracle, though not so sensible with regard to us. relates; then, and not till then, can he pretend to...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... | |
 | Philip Schaff - 1913 - Страниц: 156
...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... | |
 | Edgar Arthur Singer - 1923 - Страниц: 346
...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." As a specimen of the manner in which Hume would have one weigh the probabilitites for and against miracles,... | |
 | Eldred Cornelius Vanderlaan - 1925 - Страниц: 500
...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...then, can he pretend to command my belief or opinion. A SIMILAR MODERN CONTENTION1 It seems clear that completely isolated exceptions to the laws of nature... | |
 | Ernest Campbell Mossner - 2001 - Страниц: 768
...discover, I pronounce my decisinn, and always reject the greater miracle. If the falsehood of his testimony would be more miraculous, than the event which he...till then, can he pretend to command my belief or opininn.1 The second part of this essay enumerates several difficulties in the proof of miracles :... | |
 | David Hume - 1750 - Страниц: 272
...difcover, I pronounce my Decifion, and always reject the greater Miracle. IF the Falfhood of his Teftimony would be more miraculous, than the Event, which he relates ; then, and not till then, can be pretend to command my Belief or Opinion. PART PART II. IN the foregoing Reafoning we hare fuppos'd,... | |
 | Michael Levine - 1989 - Страниц: 234
...believing such testimony. He says, "If the falsehood of his testimony would be more miraculous that the event which he relates; then, and not till then, can he pretend to command my belief or opinion" (Enquiries, p. 116). However, Hume is talking tongue in cheek here.9 To take this as a serious factual... | |
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