 | John Leland - 1755 - 698 Seiten
...proof given of a miracle at all, and that the proof is only on the other fide. For as he there adds, " A miracle is a violation of the laws of " nature, and as a firm and unalterable cxpe" rienco hath eftablifhed thofe laws" [he fhould have faid, hath difcovered... | |
 | David Hume - 1779 - 548 Seiten
...ftrorigeft muft prevail, but ftill with a diminution of jts force, in proportion to that of its antagonift. A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and as a firm and unalterable experience has eftablifhed thefe laws, the proof againft a miracle, from the... | |
 | Richard Shepherd - 1788 - 336 Seiten
...words of a celebrated eflay, by zealous partizans ftill dealt out in detail, and held up in triumph. " A miracle is a " violation of the laws of nature : and *' as a firm and unalterable experience ** hath eftablimed thefe laws, the proof " againft a miracle, from... | |
 | 1789 - 754 Seiten
...words of a celebrated efTay, by zealous parti/.ans llill dealt out in detail, and held up in triumph. " A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience hath eilabiifhed thefe laws, the proof againft a miracle, from the... | |
 | David Hume - 1804 - 552 Seiten
...in proportion to that of its antagonist; 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 the1 very nature cf the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined.... | |
 | George Campbell - 1807 - 530 Seiten
...let us consider what, by his own account, is the strength of the opposite proof from experience. " A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; " and as a firm and unalterable experience has established x p. 194. f ft- J P- 196. &c. || p. 202. •• ib.... | |
 | George Campbell - 1807 - 294 Seiten
...must prevail, " but still with a diminution of its force, in " proportion to that of its antagonist. 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... | |
 | 1808 - 604 Seiten
...Now a miracle is 4 violation of the laws of nature ; and a« a firm and unalterable experience ha* established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as complete as anjr argument from experience can possibly be imagined ; and if so, it is an undeniable... | |
 | 1808 - 614 Seiten
...attested be miraculous, here arises л contest of two opposite experience«, or proof against proof. Now a miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience ha* established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1811 - 522 Seiten
...attested be miraculous, here arises a contest of two opposite experiences, or proof against proof. Now, 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... | |
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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. 
