 | David Hume - 1760 - 312 ページ
...the greater miracle. If the falfhood of his • teftimony would be more miraculous, than the eyent which he relates ; then, and not till then, can he pretend to command my belief or opinion. and eflence. The railing of a houfe or fhip into the air is a vifiblc miracle. The raifrngof a feather,... | |
 | Richard Price - 1772 - 482 ページ
...pronounce '* my deci/ion, and always reject the greater *' miracle. If the falfehood of his teftimcny u would be more miraculous than the event " which he...can he pretend to command my belief or ** ' opinion *. " — For fuch reafons as thefe, Mt, * Ib. P. 182.-^— P. 206. I defire any one to lay bis hand... | |
 | Richard Price - 1777 - 554 ページ
...pronounce •" my decifion, and always reje ft the greater " miracle. If the falfehood of his teflimony '" would be more miraculous than the event " which he relates, then, and not till then, " can be pretend to command my belief or " opinion *." — For fuch reafons as thefe, Mr. * lb. P. 182. P.... | |
 | Richard Price - 1777 - 490 ページ
...the greater " miracle. If the falfehood of his tejiimony " would be more miraculous than the event l< which he relates, then, and not till then, '' can he pretend to command my belief of '' opinion *."— -For fuch reafons as thefe> Mr. * lb. P. 182. P. 206. I dejire any one to lay... | |
 | William Adams - 1777 - 394 ページ
...deducting the fc inferior. If the falfehood of any per•" fon's teftimony would be more miracu" lous than the event which he relates, " then, and not 'till then, can he pretend f* to command my belief or opinion *." By By miraculous it is plain that the author here means, in... | |
 | George Campbell - 1807 - 294 ページ
...al** ways reject the greater miracle. If the false" hood of his testimony would be more mi" raculous than the event which he relates ; " then, and not...can he pretend to " command my belief or opinion."* At first, indeed, one is ready to exclaim, What a strange revolution is here ! The belief of miracles,... | |
 | George Campbell - 1807 - 530 ページ
...always reject the greater miracle. If the " falsehood of his testimony would be more miraculous thaw " the event which he relates ; then, and not till then,...can he " pretend to command my belief or opinion*." At first indeed one is ready to exclaim, What a strange revolution is here ! The belief of miracles... | |
 | David Hume - 1809 - 556 ページ
...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...he pretend to command my belief or opinion-. PART ji. In the foregoing reasoning we have supposed, that the testimony upon which a miracle is founded,... | |
 | Thomas Stackhouse - 1817 - 636 ページ
...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;...can he pretend to" command my belief or opinion." There is some inaccuracy of language in talking of greater and less miracles when Omnipotence is supposed... | |
 | David Hume - 1817 - 536 ページ
...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 lie pretend to command my belief or opinion. PART II. IN the foregoing reasoning we have supposed,... | |
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... person should either deceive or be deceived, or that the fact, which he relates, should really have happened. I weigh the one miracle against the other; and according to the superiority which I discover, I pronounce my decision, and always reject... 
