But what is more extraordinary; many of the miracles were immediately proved upon the spot, before judges of unquestioned integrity, attested by witnesses of credit and distinction, in a learned age, and on the most eminent theatre that is now in the... The Philosophical Works of David Hume ... - Page 141by David Hume - 1826Full view - About this book
| David Hume - Philosophy - 2004 - 116 pages
...every where talked of as the usual effects of that holy sepulchre. But what is more extraordinary; main of the miracles were immediately proved upon the spot,...all: a relation of them was published and dispersed evervwhere; nor were the Jesuits, though a learned body supported by the civil magistrate, and determined... | |
| Jordan Howard Sobel - Philosophy - 2003 - 676 pages
...curing of the sick, giving hearing to the deaf, and sight to the blind, were every where talked of. ... But what is more extraordinary; many of the miracles...integrity, attested by witnesses of credit and distinction Where shall we find such a number of circumstances, agreeing to the corroboration of one fact? And... | |
| William Wainwright - Philosophy - 2004 - 562 pages
...the sick, giving hearing to the deaf, and sight to the blind, were everywhere talked of . . . [Mjany of the miracles were immediately proved upon the spot,...the most eminent theatre that is now in the world" (1777, 124). So we might be allowed to take Hume's earlier comments about the ignorant and barbarous... | |
| David Hume - Philosophy - 2006 - 629 pages
...deaf, and sight to the blind, were everywhere talked of as the usual effects of that holy sepulchre. But what is more extraordinary, many of the miracles...relation of them was published and dispersed everywhere ; uor were the Jesuits, though a learned body, supported by the civil magistrate, and determined enemies... | |
| Alan Bailey, Dan O'Brien - Philosophy - 2006 - 180 pages
...those, which were lately said to have been wrought in FRANCE upon the tomb of Abbe PARIS . . . [MJany of the miracles were immediately proved upon the spot,...the most eminent theatre that is now in the world . . . And what have we to oppose to such a cloud of witnesses, but the absolute impossibility or miraculous... | |
| Jane Shaw - Religion - 2006 - 264 pages
...tomb of the Jansenist Abbe Paris in France, in the early part of the eighteenth century. He wrote, 'Many of the miracles were immediately proved upon...witnesses of credit and distinction, in a learned age.' Hume's point was that one could have as much good evidence and as many reliable witnesses as possible,... | |
| Albert Barnes - History - 1879 - 451 pages
...effects of that holy sepulchre." (c) The fact that these miracles were immediately proved to be true: "What is more extraordinary, many of the miracles...proved upon the spot, before judges of unquestioned mtegrity, attested by witnesses of credit and distinction, in a learned age, and on the most eminent... | |
| Stephen Buckle - Philosophy - 2007 - 223 pages
...deaf, and sight to the blind, were every where talked of as the usual effects of that holy sepulchre. But what is more extraordinary; many of the miracles...the Jesuits, though a learned body, supported by the [125] civil magistrate, and determined enemies to those opinions, in whose favour the miracles were... | |
| David Hume - Philosophy - 2007 - 630 pages
...deaf, and sight to the Hind, were everywhere talked of as the usual effects of that holy sepulchre. But what is more extraordinary, many of the miracles...published and dispersed everywhere ; nor were the Jesuits t though a learned body, supported by the civil magistrate, and determined enemies to those opinions... | |
| 1879 - 682 pages
...deaf and sight to the blind were everywhere talked of as the usual effects of that holy sepulchre. But what is more extraordinary, many of the miracles...Jesuits, though a learned body, supported by the civil magistrates and determined enemies to those opinions in whose favour the miracles were said to have... | |
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