 | 1843 - 644 páginas
...unalterable experience has established (the uniformity of ) these laws, (throughout the course of nature,) the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, (that a miracle is out of the course of nature,) is as entire, as any argument from experience can... | |
 | 1858 - 906 páginas
...of most skeptics on this subject. David Hume, the distinguished historian and philosopher, says : " A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and...from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined." 4 And again he says : " A miracle may be accurately... | |
 | 1867 - 848 páginas
...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...from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined." And again : " There must, therefore, be a uniform... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1845 - 406 páginas
...strongest 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...the very nature of the fact, is as entire, as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined. And if so, it is an undeniable consequence, that... | |
 | Mark Hopkins - 1846 - 396 páginas
...strongest must prevail, but still with a diminution of force in proportion to that of its antagonist. A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and...from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined. And if so, it is an undeniable consequence, that... | |
 | Mark Hopkins - 1846 - 530 páginas
...strongest must prevail, but still with a diminution of force in proportion to that of its antagonist. A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and...from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined. And if so, it is an undeniable consequence, that... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 904 páginas
...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...a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as complete as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined ; and, if so, it is an undeniable... | |
 | 1848 - 526 páginas
...strongest must prevail, but still with a diminution of force in proportion to that of its antagonist. A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and,...from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience that can possibly be imagined ; and, if so, it is an undeniable consequence... | |
 | M. A - 1848 - 878 páginas
...attested be 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...a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as complete as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined ; and if so, it is an undeniable... | |
 | William Paley - 1848 - 462 páginas
...violation of the laws of nature. But since a firm and unalterable experience has established those 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. " Upon the whole we may conclude," the writer finally... | |
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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. 
