 | Joseph William Reynolds - 1881 - 482 pàgines
...experience has established these laws, the 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. THE above statement, by David Hume, is an example of the narrowness wrought in the... | |
 | St. George William J. Stock - 1882 - 262 pàgines
...experience has established these laws, the 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 in the name of wonder is the meaning of the expression " an unalterable experience" in the... | |
 | John Cunningham - 1882 - 942 pàgines
...experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined." The laws of nature, in fact, rest upon the authority of a uniform and universal experience ; if experience... | |
 | William Cooke - 1883 - 228 pàgines
...experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined." t He further says, " There must therefore be an uniform experience against every miraculous event,... | |
 | Thomas Ebenezer Webb - 1885 - 396 pàgines
...violation of the laws of nature, and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined " (iv. 188). But this, surely, is a mere begging of the question. For in the first place, is a miracle... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1885 - 432 pàgines
...experience has established these laws, the 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, that all men must die ; that lead cannot, of itself, remain suspended... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1885 - 430 pàgines
...experience has established these laws, the 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, that all men must die; that lead cannot, of itself, remain suspended... | |
 | Bernhard Pünjer - 1887 - 702 pàgines
...experience has established these laws, the 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 is, that no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle unless the testimony... | |
 | Arthur Howard Galton - 1888 - 368 pàgines
...experience has established these laws, the 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, that all men must die ; that lead cannot of itself remain suspended in... | |
 | Arthur Tappan Pierson - 1888 - 386 pàgines
...experience has established those laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the case, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined." Benedict Spinoza also brought to bear upon these questions a giant intellect; but likewise built his... | |
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A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined. 
