...reduced to the form of a syllogism in the first figure ; and for that very reason it is nugatory. " A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and...a firm and unalterable experience has established those laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument...

...really miraculous ; and suppose also, that the testimony, considered apart and in itself, amounts to an entire proof, in that case there is proof against...proportion to that of its antagonist. A miracle is a yiolatipp of t,h,p lfliwn of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these...

...a reasoner to fall into such an error. In a former part of the essay he thus expresses himself: — "A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ;...a firm and unalterable experience has established those laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument...

...case, there is proof against proof, of which the strongest must prevail, but still with a diminution of force in proportion to that of its antagonist. A miracle...proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined. And if so, it is an undeniable...

...appears to me to be a witness to the power of the Gospel of a very valuable kind. ' NOTE 18. Hume says, " A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and...proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined .... There must, therefore,...

...passage, than has ever been called forth by the wit of man before by the same number of words: — 'A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and...proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined. Why is it more than probable...

...with it before. Aye ! even so. Here is something like it in a well known author of the last century. "A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and...proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined." "The plain consequence...

...philosophic as he is, does not himself fail in the very wisdom he exacts. He says, in the same chapter, — " A miracle is a violation of the laws of Nature ; and,...proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined."* Here are two propositions...

...philosophic as he is, does not himself fail in the very wisdom he exacts. He says, in the same chapter, — "A. miracle is a violation of the laws of Nature;...proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined."* Here are two propositions...

...to the established course of nature, is taken by men to be divine."2 "A miracle," says Mr. Hume,' " is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm...proof against 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...