 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.  Lectures on Ecclesiastical History - Strana 416podľa George Campbell - 1807 - Počet stránok 503Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | John Leland - 1755 - Počet stránok 698
...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 to us that... | |
 | David Hume - 1760 - Počet stránok 314
...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... | |
 | William Adams - 1777 - Počet stránok 394
...bar of 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... | |
 | Richard Shepherd - 1788 - Počet stránok 336
...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... | |
 | 1789 - Počet stránok 754
...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... | |
 | Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794 - Počet stránok 540
...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... | |
 | George Campbell - 1807 - Počet stránok 294
...we had " not had a previous and independent faith " in testimony, we could never have acquir" ed." How natural is the transition from one sophism to...this, if you attend but a little to the strain of tbe argument. " A miracle," says he, " is a violation of the laws of na" ture ; and as a firm and unalterable... | |
 | John Douglas - 1807 - Počet stránok 432
...impoflibility or miraculous nature of the events they relate ? % P. 1^4— 5. S 17*. tt " A miracle," fays he, " is a violation " of the laws of nature, and as a firm and *' unalterable experience has eftablifhed " thefe laws, the proof againft a miracle <e from the very... | |
 | 1808 - Počet stránok 614
...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 very nature... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1811 - Počet stránok 522
...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 very nature... | |
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