 | Ernest Campbell Mossner - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 768 pages
...lead cannot, of itself, remain suspended in the air ; that fire consumes wood, and is extinguished by water ; unless it be, that these events are found...agreeable to the laws of nature, and there is required a vinlatinn of these laws, or in other words, a miracle to prevent them ? Nothing is esteemed a miracle,... | |
 | Wayne Proudfoot - Religion - 1987 - 284 pages
...instance, we view cancer. This explanatory commitment enters into the identification of a miracle. "Nothing is esteemed a miracle if it ever happen in the common course of nature" (Hume, 1975: 115). Mystical experience is more complex, but it can be illumined by the logic of miracle.... | |
 | David Hume - Electronic books - 1750 - 272 pages
...fufpended in the Air ; that Fire confumes Wood, and is extinguifh 'd by Water ; unlefs it be that thefe Events are found" agreeable to the Laws of Nature, and there is requir'da Violation of thefe Laws, or in other Words, a Miracle, to prevent them ? Nothing is efleem'da... | |
 | James W. Cornman, Keith Lehrer, George Sotiros Pappas - Philosophy - 1992 - 396 pages
...argument from experience can possibly be imagined. . . . Nothing is esteemed a miracle, if it ever happens in the common course of nature. It is no miracle that a man, seemingly in good health, should die of a sudden; because such a kind of death, though more unusual than any other, has yet been frequently... | |
 | David Hume, Eric Steinberg - Philosophy - 1993 - 170 pages
...that lead cannot, of itself, remain suspended in the air; that fire consumes wood, and is extinguished by water; unless it be, that these events are found...common course of nature. It is no miracle that a man, 41. [A variation of this story appears in Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding IV. 15., as... | |
 | Ronald H. Nash - Religion - 1994 - 300 pages
...argument from experience can possibly be imagined. . . . Nothing is esteemed a miracle, if it ever happens in the common course of nature. It is no miracle that a man, seemingly in good health, should die of a sudden; because such a kind of death, though more unusual than any other, has yet been frequently... | |
 | Michael J. Murray - Religion - 1999 - 450 pages
...by LA Selby-Bigge and PH Nidditch (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1975), 1 1 4. From the same paragraph: "It is no miracle that a man. seemingly in good health, should die on a sudden. . . . But it is a miracle, that a dead man should come to life. . . ." We'll encounter presently Hume's... | |
 | Stuart C. Brown - Philosophy - 2001 - 212 pages
...lead cannot, of itself, remain suspended in the air; that fire consumes wood, and is extinguished bv water; unless it be, that these events are found agreeable...common course of nature. It is no miracle that a man, seeminglv in good health, should die on a sudden: because such a kind of death, though more unusual... | |
 | David Hume - Philosophy - 2000 - 460 pages
...that lead cannot, of itself, remain suspended in the air; that fire consumes wood, and is extinguished by water; unless it be, that these events are found...nature, and there is required a violation of these SB* laws, or in other words, a miracle to prevent them? Nothing is esteemed a miracle, if it ever happen... | |
 | John Earman - Philosophy - 2000 - 232 pages
...that lead cannot, of itself, remain suspended in the air; that fire consumes wood, and is extinguished by water; unless it be, that these events are found agreeable to the laws of nature?" (E 114115; 143). (4) "There must, therefore, be a uniform experience against every miraculous event,... | |
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Why is it more than probable that all men must die; that lead cannot, of itself, remain suspended in the air; that fire consumes wood, and is extinguished by water; unless it be that these events are found agreeable to the laws of nature, and there is... 
