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" It will be sufficient to observe that our assurance in any argument of this kind is derived from no other principle than our observation of the veracity of human testimony, and of the usual conformity of facts to the reports of witnesses. "
An Essay on the Nature and Immuntability of Truth: In Opposition to ... - Page 86
by James Beattie (LL.D.) - 1807 - 371 pages
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The Works of the Honourable James Wilson, L. L. D.: Late One of ..., Volume 2

James Wilson - Law - 1804 - 514 pages
...our reliance, it is contended, on any evidence of this kind is derived from no other principle than our observation of the veracity of human testimony, and of the usual conformity of facts to the reports of witnesses. If it were not discovered by experience, that the memory is tenacious to a certain...
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Lectures on Ecclesiastical History

George Campbell - Church history - 1807 - 530 pages
...from the re* port of eye-witnesses, is derived from no other principle than ' experience ; that is, our observation of the veracity of human * testimony, and of the usual conformity of facts to the reports * of witnesses!!. Now, if the fact attested partakes. of the * marvellous, if it is such as...
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Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, Volume 2

David Hume - 1809 - 556 pages
...to observe, that our assurance in any argument of this kind is derived from no other principle than our observation of the veracity of human testimony,...usual conformity of facts to the report of witnesses. It being a general maxim that no objects have any discoverable connection together, and that all the...
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An inquiry concerning human understanding. A dissertation on the passions ...

David Hume - 1817 - 528 pages
...to observe, that our assurance in any argument of this kind is derived from no other principle than our observation of the veracity of human testimony,...usual conformity of facts to the report of witnesses. It being a general maxim that no objects have any discoverable connection together, and that all the...
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A Dissertation on Miracles: Containing an Examination of the Principles ...

George Campbell - Miracles - 1824 - 396 pages
...from the ' report of eye-witnesses, is derived from no other principle than ' experience; that is, our observation of the veracity of human ' testimony, and of the usual conformity of facts to the reports ' of witnesses f. Now if the fact attested partakes of the mar4 vellous, if it is such as has...
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A Brief Outline of the Evidences of the Christian Religion

Archibald Alexander - Apologetics - 1825 - 256 pages
...fact from the report of eye witnesses, is derived from no other principle, than experience ; that is, our observation of the veracity of human testimony, and of the usual conformity of facts to the reports of witnesses. Now, if the fact attested partakes of the marvellous, if it is such as has seldom...
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The Philosophical Works of David Hume ...

David Hume - 1826 - 628 pages
...to observe, that our assurance in any argument of this kind is derived from no other principle than our observation of the veracity of human testimony,...usual conformity of facts to the report of witnesses. It being a general maxim that no objects have any discoverable connexion together, and that all the...
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A Brief Outline of the Evidences of the Christian Religion

Archibald Alexander - Apologetics - 1829 - 236 pages
...fact from the report of eye witnesses, is derived from no other principle than experience; that is, our observation of the veracity of human testimony, and of the usual conformity of facts to the reports of witnesses. Now, if the fact^attested partakes of the marvellous, if it is stfch as has seldom...
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Debate on the Evidences of Christianity: Containing an ..., Volumes 1-2

Robert Owen - Apologetics - 1829 - 568 pages
...fact from the report of eye-witnesses, is derived from no other principle than experience ; that is, our observation of the veracity of human testimony, and of the usual conformity of facts to the reports of witnesses." To detect the sophistry of Hume, we must give a true definition oF experience...
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The Evidences of the Christian Religion

Archibald Alexander - Apologetics - 1832 - 270 pages
...fact from the report of eye witnesses, is derived from no other principle, than experience ; that is, our observation of the veracity of human testimony, and of the usual conformity of facts to the reports of witnesses. Now, if the fact attested partakes of the marvellous, if it i* such as has seldom...
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