 | David Hume - Philosophy - 1854 - 596 pages
...The very same principle of ^J>erience, which gives us a certain degree of assurance in the testimony of witnesses, gives us also, in this case, another degree of assurance against the fact which they endeavor to establish ; from which contradiction there necessarily arises a counterpoise, and mutual... | |
 | David Hume - Philosophy - 1854 - 576 pages
...The very same principle of experience, which gives us a certain degree of assurance in the testimony of witnesses, gives us also, in this case, another degree of assurance against the fact which they endeavor to establish ; from which contradiction there necessarily arises a counterpoise, and mutual... | |
 | William Mackergo Taylor - Apologetics - 1865 - 252 pages
...The very same principle of experience, which gives us a certain degree of assurance in the testimony of witnesses, gives us also in this case another degree...there necessarily arises a counterpoise, and mutual destruction of belief and authority.' 4 Further, ' if the 1 Hume's Essays, 1809, vol. ii. p. 117. *... | |
 | St. George William J. Stock - Immortality - 1882 - 268 pages
...testimony of witnesses, gives us also, in this case, another degree of assurance against the facts which they endeavour to establish ; from which contradiction...there necessarily arises a counterpoise and mutual destruction of belief and authority." It is quite true that there is a conflict here between belief... | |
 | St. George William J. Stock - Immortality - 1882 - 270 pages
...The very same principle of experience, which gives us a certain degree of assurance in the testimony of witnesses, gives us also, in this case, another degree of assurance against the facts which they endeavour to establish ; from which contradiction there necessarily arises a counterpoise... | |
 | Arthur Howard Galton - English prose literature - 1888 - 368 pages
...The very same principle of experience which gives us a certain degree of assurance in the testimony of witnesses, gives us also, in this case, another...there necessarily arises a counterpoise, and mutual destruction of belief and authority. / should not believe such a story were it told me by Cato, was... | |
 | David Hume - Ethics - 1902 - 419 pages
...The very same principle of experience, which gives us a certain degree of assurance in the testimony of witnesses, gives us also, in this case, another...fact, which they endeavour to establish ; from which contradition there necessarily arises a counterpoize, and mutual destruction of belief and authority.... | |
 | David Hume - Ethics - 1907 - 324 pages
...The very same principle of experience, which gives us a certain degree of assurance in the testimony of witnesses, gives us also, in this case, another...from which contradiction there necessarily arises a counterpoize, and mutual destruction of belief and authority. / should not believe such a story wefe... | |
 | Robert A. Larmer - Cooking - 1996 - 172 pages
...degree of assurance in the testimony of witnesses gives us also, in this case [reports of miracles], another degree of assurance against the fact which...there necessarily arises a counterpoise and mutual destruction of belief and authority. 18 The truth of this premise must be questioned, however. It depends... | |
 | Diogenes Allen, Eric O. Springsted - Philosophy - 1992 - 324 pages
...The very same principle of experience, which gives us a certain degree of assurance in the testimony of witnesses, gives us also, in this case, another...there necessarily arises a counterpoise, and mutual destruction of belief and authority. "I should not believe such a story were it told me by Cato" was... | |
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The very same principle of experience which gives us a certain degree of assurance in the testimony of witnesses, gives us also, in this case, another degree of assurance against the fact which they endeavour to establish ; from which contradiction there... 
