 | Thomas Edward Ritchie - 1807 - 962 σελίδες
...teftimony is fufficient to eftablifh a miracle, unlefs the teftimony be of fuch a kind, that its falfehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours...deftruction of arguments, and the fuperior only gives us an afluranc« fuitable to that degree of force which remains after deducting the inferior." — And again,... | |
 | Thomas Edward Ritchie - 1807 - 536 σελίδες
...unlefs the teflimony be of fuch a kind, that its falfehood would be more miraculous than the fa£t which it endeavours to eftablifh : and even in that cafe there is a mutual definition of arguments, and the fuperior only gives us an aflurance fuitable to that degree of force... | |
 | Thomas Edward Ritchie - 1807 - 546 σελίδες
...in that cafe there is a mutual deftruction of arguments, and the fuperior only gives us an aflurance fuitable to that degree of force which remains after deducting the inferior." — And again, " So that upon the whole we may conclude, that the chriftian. religion not only was... | |
 | 1816 - 774 σελίδες
...he) is fufficient to eftablifli a miracle, nnlcfs theteftimony be of fuch a kind that its falfehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to eftablifh. When one tells me that he faw a dead man reftored to life, I immediately conlider with myfelf whether... | |
 | David Hume - 1750 - 272 σελίδες
...be of fuch a Kind, that its FaUhood would be " more miraculous, than the Fact, which it endea" vours to eftablifh : And even in that Cafe, there is •' a mutual Deftruction of Arguments, and the Supe4t rior on.'y gives us an Affurance fuitablc to that De" grce of Force, which remains, after deciding... | |
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... than the fact, which it endeavours to eftablifh : " And even in that cafe, there is a mutual deftruction " of arguments, and the fuperior only gives us an affu" ranee fuitable to that degree of force, which remains, " after deducting the inferior. 
