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" 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... "
The Philosophical Works of David Hume ...: An inquiry concerning the human ... - Page 134
by David Hume - 1826
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An enquiry concerning human understanding. A dissertation on the passions ...

David Hume - 1772 - 556 pages
...the miracle rendered credible, but by an oppofite proof, which is fuperior *. The plain confequence is (and it is a general maxim worthy of our attention) " That no teftimony is fuffi. " cient to eftablifh a miracle, unlefs the teftimony be of " fuch a kind, that...
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A View of the Principal Deistical Writers that Have Appeared in ..., Volume 1

John Leland, William Laurence Brown - 1798 - 496 pages
...inference lie draws from the argument, as he had managed it. " The plain " confequep.ee is," faith he, " and it is a general maxim worthy " of our attention, that no tcfiimony is iufficient to eftablifh a " miracle, unlefs the teftimony be of fuch a kind, that its...
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Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects: In Two Volumes

David Hume - 1804 - 552 pages
...appellation; And as an uniform experience amounts to a proof, there is here a direct and full proof, from th« nature of the fact^ against the existence of any miracle...maxim worthy of our attention)^ " That no testimony is suffi" cient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of " such a kind, that its falsehood would...
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The Monthly repository (and review)., Volume 12

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,...the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood AvoiiM be more miraculous, than the tact -which it endeavours to establish : arid even, in that case,...
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Lectures on Ecclesiastical History

George Campbell - 1807 - 530 pages
...which in this passage is entirely equivalent, and observe the effect produced by this elucidation. " The '.' plain consequence is, and it is a GENERAL...our attention, That NO TESTIMONY is SUFFICIENT TO ES" TABLISH A MIRACLE J UNLESS THE TESTIMONY BE OF SUcH " A KIND, THAT ITS FALSEHOOD WOULD BE MORE...
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An Account of the Life and Writings of David Hume, Esq

Thomas Edward Ritchie - 1807 - 546 pages
...reader will be able to collect: the bearing of his religious creed. " The plain confequence," fays he, " is (and it is a general maxim worthy of our attention,) that no teftimony is fulllcient to eftablifh a miracle, unlefs the teftimony be of fuch a kind, that its falfehood...
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A Dissertation on Miracles: Containing an Examination of the Principles ...

George Campbell - 1807 - 294 pages
...which in this passage is entirely equivalent, and observe the effect produced by this elucidation. " The plain consequence is, and it is " .a GENERAL MAXIM, worthy of our at*• tention, THAT NO TESTIMONY is SUFFICI" ENT TO ESTABLISH A MIRACLE, UNLESS " THE TESTIMONY BE...
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Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, Volume 2

David Hume - 1809 - 556 pages
...nature. It is no miracle that a man, seemingly in good health, should die on a sudden ; because such a kind of death, though more unusual than any other,...maxim worthy of our attention), " That no testimony is suffi" cient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of " such a kind, that its falsehood would...
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Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory ..., Volume 8

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 one tells me that he saw a dead man...
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Essays and treatises on several subjects, Volume 2

David Hume - 1817 - 540 pages
...would not merit that appellation. And as an uniform experience amounts to a proof, there is here n direct and full proof, from the nature of the fact,...of such " a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous " than the fact which it endeavours to establish : And even " in that case there is a mutual...
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