 That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish.  The Pamphleteer - Page 488publié par - 1826Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | George Campbell - 1824 - 396 pages
...' The plain con' sequence is, and it is a GENERAL MAXIM, worthy ofouratten* tion, That NO TESTIMONY is SUFFICIENT TO ESTABLISH A ' MIRACLE; UNLESS THE TESTIMONY BE OF SUCH A KIND, * THAT ITS FALSEHOOD WOULD BE MORE IMPROBABLE, 'THAN THE FACT WHICH IT ENDEAVOURS TO ESTABLISH*.'... | |
 | Christopher Benson - 1824 - 500 pages
...deduces as a plain and necessary consequence, this general and important maxim ; •" that no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact it endeavours to establish." And even... | |
 | Christopher Benson - 1824 - 500 pages
...deduces as a plain and necessary consequence, this general and important maxim ; " that no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact it endeavours to establish." And even... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1824 - 300 pages
...unalterable experience should be violated. Hence he lays it down, as a plain consequence, that no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falshood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish. To... | |
 | Archibald Alexander - 1825 - 256 pages
...propose, is, to substitute the word improbable, for miraculous. And it will then read, no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more improbable, than the fact which it endeavours to establish.... | |
 | David Hume - 1826 - 626 pages
...* The plain consequence is (and it is a general maxim worthy of our attention), ' That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miracu*• Sometimes an event may not, in itself, seem to be... | |
 | Christopher Benson - 1826 - 524 pages
...deduces, as a plain and necessaryconsequence, this general and important maxim ; '•' that no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact it endeavours to establish." And even... | |
 | George Gleig (bp. of Brechin.) - 1827 - 1124 pages
...would be sufficient to establish the credibility even of a miracle. " No testimony,"' says he, -f-"is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish. —... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 420 pages
...were it ever to occur, testimony would be sufficient to establish the credihility even of a miracle. ' No testimony,' says he, ' is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony Be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the tact which it endeavours to establish. —... | |
 | Archibald Alexander - 1829 - 236 pages
...propose, is, to substitute the word improbable for miraculous. And it will then read, no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more improbable than the fact which it endeavours to establish. The... | |
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