 | Sarah Renou - 1838 - 244 σελίδες
...observation, shall be subject to one of those violations which constitute * Mr. Hume contends, that " a miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proofs against a miracle, from the... | |
 | Alexander Keith - 1839 - 394 σελίδες
...are gone so soon as the scene is opened or the light of day is let in. I i" A miracle," says Hume, " is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm...argument from experience can possibly be imagined."* But as all things have NOT continued as they were at the beginning of the creation ; as the laws of... | |
 | Henry Taylor - 1841 - 28 σελίδες
...unalterable experience has established the laws [of nature], the proof against the existence of ice, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as...argument from experience can possibly be imagined :"* and, " as an uniform experience amounts to a proof, there is a direct and full proof from the nature... | |
 | James Smith - 1843 - 728 σελίδες
...attested be miraculous, there arises a contest of two opposite experiences, or proof against proof. Now, a miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and...a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as complete as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined ; and if so, it is an undeniable... | |
 | 1843 - 644 σελίδες
...unalterable experience has established (the uniformity of ) these laws, (throughout the course of nature,) the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, (that a miracle is out of the course of nature,) is as entire, as any argument from experience can... | |
 | 1858 - 906 σελίδες
...of most skeptics on this subject. David Hume, the distinguished historian and philosopher, says : " A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and...argument from experience can possibly be imagined." 4 And again he says : " A miracle may be accurately defined, a transgression of a law of nature by... | |
 | 1867 - 848 σελίδες
...often does in the course of the Essay, weighing evidence against evidence. " A miracle," he tells us, " is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm...argument from experience can possibly be imagined." And again : " There must, therefore, be a uniform experience against every miraculous event, otherwise... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1845 - 406 σελίδες
...strongest must prevail, but still with a diminution of its force, in proportion to that of its antagonist. A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and...argument from experience can possibly be imagined. And if so, it is an undeniable consequence, that it cannot be' surmounted by any proof whatever from... | |
 | Mark Hopkins - 1846 - 396 σελίδες
...strongest must prevail, but still with a diminution of force in proportion to that of its antagonist. A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and...argument from experience can possibly be imagined. And if so, it is an undeniable consequence, that it cannot be surmounted by any proof whatever from... | |
 | Mark Hopkins - 1846 - 530 σελίδες
...strongest must prevail, but still with a diminution of force in proportion to that of its antagonist. A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and...argument from experience can possibly be imagined. And if so, it is an undeniable consequence, that it cannot be surmounted by any proof whatever from... | |
| |
A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined. 
