 | John Leland - 1755 - 698 страници
...proof 5 in that cafe, there is proof " againft proof, of which the ftrongeft muft pre" vail, but ftill with a diminution of its force " in proportion to that of its antagonist *." It may be proper to remark here, that this writer had in a former Effay defined a proof to be fucb... | |
 | David Hume - 1760 - 314 страници
...prevail, but ftill with a diminution of its force, in proportion to that of it3 antagoniftA MJRACLE 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' very nature of the fact, is as entire... | |
 | John Leland - 1764 - 426 страници
...entire proof; in that cafe there is proof againfl proof, of which the ftrongeft mult prevail, bot ftill with a diminution of its force in proportion to that of its antagonift m ." It may be proper to remark here, that this writer had in a former EfThy defined a proof... | |
 | William Adams - 1777 - 394 страници
...this proof. His batteries are now mounted, and he begins the attack. '** A ' miratrle,M' fays .he, " is .a violation " of the laws of nature ; and, as a firm " and unalterable experience hath eftab". lifhed thefe laws, the proof againft a mi"'fcacje, from the nature of the facTy is "•'as... | |
 | David Hume - 1779 - 548 страници
...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 very nature of the fact, is as entire... | |
 | Richard Shepherd - 1788 - 336 страници
...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 the very na*.* ture of the fad,... | |
 | 1789 - 754 страници
...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 very nature of the i'.ict. is as... | |
 | Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794 - 540 страници
...circumstances are requisite to produce a full confidence in human testimony." " A miracle," continues he, " is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience hath established those laws, the proof against it, from the very nature C 4 of of the fact, is as entire... | |
 | John Leland, William Laurence Brown - 1798 - 496 страници
...proof given of a miracle' at all, and that the proof is only on the other fide; for he there adds, " A miracle is a violation of 'the laws of nature; and as a " firm and unalterable experience hath eftabiimed thofe laws" [he mould have faid, hath difcovered to us that thefe are the eftablifhed... | |
 | 1804 - 994 страници
...assurance against the fact which they endeavour to establish. A miracle,' he says, • is a \ iolalion of the laws of nature ; and, as a firm and unalterable experience has establisluxl these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire... | |
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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. 
