 | 1817 - 798 pages
...by" the infc ”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... | |
 | 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 be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which, it endeavours to establish. When... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1817 - 780 pages
...by the 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 be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous, than the fact which it endeavours to establish :... | |
 | 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, unless the testimony be of such " a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous " than the fact which it endeavours to establish... | |
 | 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, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish."... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 880 pages
...kind which Mr Hume has acknowledged sufficient to establish even a miracle. " No testimony (says he) 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. When... | |
 | George Campbell - Miracles - 1824 - 396 pages
...this elucidation. ' The plain con' sequence is, and it is a GENERAL MAXIM, worthy ofouratten* tion, That NO TESTIMONY is SUFFICIENT TO ESTABLISH A ' MIRACLE; UNLESS THE TESTIMONY BE OF SUCH A KIND, * THAT ITS FALSEHOOD WOULD BE MORE IMPROBABLE, 'THAN THE FACT WHICH IT ENDEAVOURS TO ESTABLISH*.'... | |
 | Christopher Benson - Apologetics - 1824 - 500 pages
...imagined," and he deduces as a plain and necessary consequence, this general and important maxim ; •" 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 it endeavours to establish." And even... | |
 | Christopher Benson - 1824 - 500 pages
...imagined," and he deduces as a plain and necessary consequence, this general and important maxim ; " 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 it endeavours to establish." And even... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1824 - 300 pages
...incomprehensibility ; we can absolutely form no notion whatever of such a thing. Had Mr. Hume said, that no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of so strong a description, that the occurrence of the miracle is a more probable event than the falshood... | |
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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... 
