 | David Hume - 1758 - 568 sider
...-greater miracle. If the falihood of his teftimony would be more miraculous, than the event which hé relates; then, and not -till then, can he pretend to command my belief or opinion. PART II. IN the foregoing reafoning we have -fuppofed, that the teftimony, upon which a miracle is... | |
 | David Hume - 1760 - 314 sider
...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,... | |
 | David Hume - 1764 - 524 sider
...difcover, I pronounce my decifion, and always reject the greater miracle. If the falfliood of his teftimony would be more miraculous, than the event which he...then, can he pretend to command "my belief or opinion. PART II. In the foregoing reafoning we have fuppofed, that the teftimony, upon which a miracle is founded,... | |
 | William Adams - 1777 - 394 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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-. PART ji. In the foregoing reasoning we have supposed, that the testimony upon which a miracle is founded,... | |
 | Thomas Stackhouse - 1817 - 636 sider
...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 - 540 sider
...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,... | |
 | George Campbell - 1823 - 590 sider
...pronounce my decision, and always reject the ' greater miracle. If the falsehood of his testi' mony would be more miraculous than the event ' which he...then, can he ' pretend to command my belief or opinion *.' At first indeed one is ready to exclaim, What a strange . ' * Page 182. revolution is here ! The... | |
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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... 
