 ... 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 the greater miracle. If the falsehood...  The Philosophical Works of David Hume ... - Page 131by David Hume - 1826Full view - About this book
 | David Hume - Commerce - 1758 - 568 pages
...-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...command my belief or opinion. PART II. IN the foregoing reafoning we have -fuppofed, that the teftimony, upon which a miracle is founded, may poffibly amount... | |
 | David Hume - Economics - 1760 - 314 pages
...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 - Ethics, Modern - 1764 - 524 pages
...and always reject the greater miracle. If the falfliood of his teftimony would be more miraculous, than the event which he relates ; then, and not till...command "my belief or opinion. PART II. In the foregoing reafoning we have fuppofed, that the teftimony, upon which a miracle is founded, may poflibly amount... | |
 | Richard Price - Apologetics - 1772 - 482 pages
...always reject the greater *' miracle. If the falfehood of his teftimcny u would be more miraculous than the event " which he relates^ then, and not till...can he pretend to command my belief or ** ' opinion *. " — For fuch reafons as thefe, Mt, * Ib. P. 182.-^— P. 206. I defire any one to lay bis hand... | |
 | Richard Price - Theology, Unitarian - 1777 - 500 pages
...the greater " miracle. If the falfehood of his tejiimony " would be more miraculous than the event l< which he relates, then, and not till then, '' can he pretend to command my belief of '' opinion *."— -For fuch reafons as thefe> Mr. * lb. P. 182. P. 206. I dejire any one to lay... | |
 | William Adams - Sermons - 1777 - 394 pages
...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... | |
 | Richard Price - Apologetics - 1777 - 554 pages
...always reje ft the greater " miracle. If the falfehood of his teflimony '" would be more miraculous than the event " which he relates, then, and not till then, " can be pretend to command my belief or " opinion *." — For fuch reafons as thefe, Mr. * lb. P. 182. P.... | |
 | David Hume - Economics - 1804 - 552 pages
...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...which a miracle is founded, may possibly amount to an entire proof, and that the falsehood of that testimony would be a real prodigy : But it is easy... | |
 | George Campbell - Miracles - 1807 - 294 pages
...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 - Church history - 1807 - 530 pages
...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... | |
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