...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,...unalterable experience has established these laws, * " Hume's Essays and Treatises on Various Subjects," 2nd ed., London, 1784, vol. ii. p. 122. t " Hume's...

...against the competency of the testimony offered. I understand him. as assuming, substantially, that, as a miracle is a violation of the laws of nature, — and as the general uniform operation of those laws has been proven by general experience, the proof against...

...which it is expressed, and we think that it has been more than once refuted. " A miracle," says 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 entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined." Now what is the proof...

...against Miracles. Home paraded it as invincible ; it is now discarded as worthless. Hume affirms — "A miracle is a violation of the laws of Nature ;...these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very miracle, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined." (Hume's " Essays,"...

...there is also a proof in favor of it (one based on the trustworthiness of the witnesses who report it), "in that case, there is proof against proof, of which...its force, in proportion to that of its antagonist" (p. 114). No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, then, "unless the testimony be of such...

...unless the one is conceived to be in some degree superior to the other. 'Of which proofs,' says he, 'the strongest must prevail, but still with a diminution of its force, in proportion to that of its antagonist.'56 Before the author could believe such a miracle as he supposes, he must at least be satisfied...

...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 proof, of which the strongest must prevail... A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and, as a firm and inalterable experience has established...

...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 proof, of which the strongest must prevail. 9 A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established...

...Christian church. Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 15 (1776) 8 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. David Hume, Enquiry Concerning...

...with Hume's argument. The essence of this argument, as quoted by Price (SS, 148-49), runs as follows: 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. ... no testimony is sufficient...