...footnote and later moved into the main text) emphasizes limitations Hume has added to his strong thesis: "I beg the limitations here made may be remarked,...be miracles, or violations of the usual course of nature, of such a kind as to admit proof from human testimony; though, perhaps, it will be impossible...

...such system of religion. 35 I beg the limitations here made mav be remarked, when I say, that a OJJ ' miracle can never be proved, so as to be the foundation of a system ol religion. For I own, that otherwise, there may possibly be miracles, or violations of the usual...

...existence. On this point at least Hume is unassailable: it is not so much that there are no miracles as that 'a miracle can never be proved, so as to be the foundation of a system of religion'.60 Strong and weak definitions of 'miracle' I Assess Hume's argument that miracles are intrinsically...

...point at least Hume is unassailable: it is not so much that there are no mitacles as that 'a mitacle can never be proved, so as to be the foundation of a system of religion'.60 Strong and weak definitions of 'mitacle' ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^_...

...have such force as to prove a miracle and make it a just foundation for any such system of religion. I beg the limitations here made may be remarked, when...possibly be miracles or violations of the usual course of nature, of such a kind as to admit of proof from human testimony, though perhaps it will be impossible...

...have such force as to prove a miracle, and make it a just foundation for any such system of religion. I beg the limitations here made may be remarked, when...be miracles, or violations of the usual course of nature, of such a kind as to admit of proof from human testimony; though, perhaps, it will be impossible...

...posteriori that there is insufficient evidence to substantiate belief in miracles, and, consequently, "that a miracle can never be proved, so as to be the foundation of a system of religion" (88). Consequently, since the resurrection cannot be proved as fact, it cannot become a rational basis...

...the full weight of the essay to bear on religious miracles in particular: I beg that the limitation here made may be remarked, when I say, that a miracle...be miracles, or violations of the usual course of nature, of such a kind as to admit of proof from human testimony, though, perhaps it will be impossible...

...something he simply appends to the argument in part 1; it is an essential step toward his conclusion that "a miracle can never be proved, so as to be the foundation of a system of religion." But now a reverse problem may seem to arise. If, in the end, Hume's attack on the legitimacy of testimony...

...have such force as to prove a miracle, and make it a just foundation for any such system of religion. I beg the limitations here made may be remarked, when...be miracles, or violations of the usual course of nature, of such a kind as to admit of proof from human testimony; though perhaps it will be impossible...