 | Thomas Chalmers - 1836 - 402 страници
...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...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. And if... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1836 - 426 страници
...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...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. And if... | |
 | John Leland - 1837 - 784 страници
...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...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. And if... | |
 | Charles Babbage - 1837 - 266 страници
...with the doctrines in confirmation of which miracles were ' wrought.' "* Hume contends that a miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm...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. * Boswell's... | |
 | Alexander Keith - 1839 - 394 страници
...are gone so soon as the scene is opened or the light of day is let in. I i" A miracle," says Hume, " is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm...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."* But as... | |
 | 1843 - 644 страници
...must prevail, but 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...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." — " The... | |
 | James Smith - 1843 - 728 страници
...miraculous, there 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...these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as complete as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined ; and if... | |
 | 1867 - 848 страници
...often does in the course of the Essay, weighing evidence against evidence. " A miracle," he tells us, " is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm...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." And again... | |
 | 1858 - 906 страници
...skeptics on this subject. David Hume, the distinguished historian and philosopher, says : " A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm...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." 4 And again... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1845 - 406 страници
...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...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. And if... | |
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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. 
