 | George Saintsbury - 1885 - 432 страници
...though more unusual than any other, has yet been frequently observed to happen. But it is a miracle, that a dead man should come to life ; because that has never been observed, in any age or country. There must, therefore, be an uniform experience against every miraculous event, otherwise the event... | |
 | Charles Force Deems, John Bancroft Devins - 1886 - 508 страници
...best illustrate his position. His language is a criticism upon Hume's statement : " It is a miracle that a dead man should come to life ; because that has never been observed in any age or country." " That is to say, there is an uniform experience against such an event, and, therefore, if it occurs... | |
 | William Greenough Thayer Shedd - 1888 - 572 страници
...an event that never has been seen by an eye-witness. His language is as follows : " It is a miracle, that a dead man should come to life, because that has never been observed in any age or country. There must, therefore, be an uniform [invariable] experience against any miraculous event, otherwise... | |
 | Arthur Howard Galton - 1888 - 368 страници
...though more unusual than any other, has yet been frequently observed to happen. But it is a miracle, that a dead man should come to life ; because that has never been observed in any age or country. There must, therefore, be a uniform experience against every miraculous event, otherwise the event... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1896 - 346 страници
...Nevertheless, in diametrical contradiction to / his own principles, Hume says elsewhere :— J "It is a miracle that a dead man should come to life: because that has never been observed in any age or country."— (IV. p. 134.) That is to say, there is an uniform experience against such an event, and therefore,... | |
 | Charles Wesley Rishell - 1899 - 654 страници
...mtra- lously intervened in away forever impossible to man. poss'bie.1 Says Hume : ' " It is a miracle that a dead man should come to life, because that has never been observed in any age or country." Very true; it would be impossible to believe that one who came to life was ever dead. But it is quite... | |
 | David Hume - 1902 - 419 страници
...though more unusual than any other, has yet been frequently observed to happen. But it is a miracle, that a dead man should come to life; because that has never been observed in any age or country./' There must, therefore, be a uniform experience against every miraculous event, otherwise the event... | |
 | James Orr - 1903 - 268 страници
...to miracle; by <<refusing it a hearing. " It is a miracle," Hume says, " that a dead man should ever come to life, because that has never been observed in any age or country." l But then, has it not ? That is the very question to be answered. There is no need for going through... | |
 | David Hume - 1907 - 324 страници
...though more unusual than any other, has yet been frequently observed to happen. But it is a miracle, that a dead man should come to life ; because that has never been observed in any age or country. There must, therefore, be a uniform experience against every miraculous event, otherwise the event... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1909 - 234 страници
...Nevertheless, in diametrical contradiction to his own principles, Hume says elsewhere :— "It is a miracle that a dead man should come to life: because that has never been observed in any age or country." —(IV. p. 134.) That is to say, there is an uniform experience against such an event, and therefore,... | |
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But it is a miracle that a dead man should come to life, because that has never been observed in any age or country. 
