| David Hume - 1758 - 568 σελίδες
...reftored to life, I immediately confider with myfelf, whether it be more probable, that this perfon mould either deceive or be deceived, or that the fact which he relates, ihould really have happened. Ï weigh the one miracle againft the other, and according to the fuperiority,... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 648 σελίδες
...must last longest, if they do last ; and then, Sir, young men have more virtue than old ' ' When any one tells me that he saw a dead man restored to life,...fact which he relates should really have happened.' Hume's Essay on Miracles, Part i. See post, Sept. 22, 1777, where Boswell again quotes this passage.... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 640 σελίδες
...must last longest, if they do last ; and then, Sir, young men have more virtue than old 1 ' When any one tells me that he saw a dead man restored to life,...fact which he relates should really have happened.' Hume's Essay on Miracles, Part i. See post, Sept. 22, 1777, where Boswell again quotes this passage.... | |
| George Campbell - 1807 - 530 σελίδες
...be justly questioned. He hath in effect told us himself what he means. " When any one," says he, " tells me, that he saw a dead man restored to life,...'•'•probable, that this person should either deceive or be de" ceived, or that the fact he relates, should really have hap" pened. I weigh the one miracle against... | |
| George Campbell - 1807 - 294 σελίδες
...be justly questioned. He hath in effect told us himself what he means. " When any one," says he, " tells me, that " he saw a dead man restored to life, I im" mediately consider with myself, whether it " be more probable, that this person should " either... | |
| David Hume - 1817 - 528 σελίδες
...remains after deducting the " inferior,." When any one tells me that he saw a dead man restored to lifev I immediately consider with myself whether it be more...relates should really have happened. I weigh the one miracte • See Now [Kl jigkinst the other ; and according to the superiority which I discover, I pronounce... | |
| 1823 - 880 σελίδες
...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...that the fact which he relates should really have happen« d. I weigh the one miracle against the other ; and according to the superiority which I discover,... | |
| George Campbell - 1823 - 590 σελίδες
...be justly questioned. He has in effect told us himself what he means. ' When any ' one,' says he, * tells me that he saw a dead man ' restored to life, I immediately consider with my- ' ' self, whether it be more probable, that this per' son should either deceive or be deceived,... | |
| George Campbell - 1824 - 396 σελίδες
...may be justly questioned. He has in effect told us himself what he means. ' When any one,' says he, ' tells me that he ' saw a dead man restored to life,...' either deceive or be deceived, or that the fact he relates, 'should really have happened. I weigh the one miracle ' against the other; and according... | |
| Abraham John Valpy - 1826 - 600 σελίδες
...human conduct:" and in this sense accordingly he uses the word in the very next sentence: "When any one tells me that he saw a dead man restored to life,...immediately consider with myself whether it be more proiaifethat this person should either deceive or be deceived, or that the fact which he relates should... | |
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