 | David Hume - 1760 - 314 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 - 500 pages
...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 pages
...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 - 530 pages
...ceived, or that the fact he relates, should really have hap" pened. I weigh the one miracle against the other ; and " according to the superiority which...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... | |
 | George Campbell - 1807 - 294 pages
...deceived, or that the " fact 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 al** ways reject the greater miracle. If the false" hood of his testimony would be more mi" raculous... | |
 | David Hume - 1809 - 556 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 788 pages
...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...pronounce my decision, and always reject the greater miiacle." In this passage every reader may remark, what did not escape the perspicacious eye of Dr.... | |
 | Thomas Stackhouse - 1817 - 636 pages
...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...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... | |
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When any one tells me, that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself, whether it be more probable that this person should either deceive or be deceived, or that the fact which he relates should really have happened. I weigh... 
