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" When anyone tells me that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself whether it be more probable that this person should either deceive or be deceived, or that the fact which he relates should really have happened. I weigh... "
Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ... - Page 281
1823
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Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects: In Two Volumes

David Hume - Economics - 1804 - 552 pages
...should really have happened. I weigh the one miracle against the other ; and" accord• See NOTE [KJ ing to the superiority, which I discover, I pronounce...my decision, and always reject the greater miracle. If the falsehood of his testimony would be more miraculous than the event which he relates ; then,...
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Lectures on Ecclesiastical History

George Campbell - Church history - 1807 - 530 pages
...should either deceive or be de" ceived, or that the fact he relates, should really have hap" pened. I weigh the one miracle against the other ; and "...my decision, and always reject the greater miracle. If the " falsehood of his testimony would be more miraculous thaw " the event which he relates ; then,...
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A Dissertation on Miracles: Containing an Examination of the Principles ...

George Campbell - Miracles - 1807 - 294 pages
...should " either deceive or be deceived, or that the " fact he relates should really have happened. " I weigh the one miracle against the other ; " and...superiority which I " discover, I pronounce my decision, and al** ways reject the greater miracle. If the false" hood of his testimony would be more mi" raculous...
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Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopędia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory ..., Volume 8

John Mason Good - 1819 - 788 pages
...should either deceive or be deceived, or that the fact which he relates should really have happened. I weigh the one miracle against the other; and according...pronounce my decision, and always reject the greater miiacle." In this passage every reader may remark, what did not escape the perspicacious eye of Dr....
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Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopędia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory ..., Volume 8

John Mason Good - 1813 - 830 pages
...should either deceive or be deceived, or that the fact which he relates should really have happened. I weigh the one miracle against the other ; and according to the superiority which 1 discover I pronounce my decision, and always reject the greater miracle." In this passage every reader...
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A history of the holy Bible, corrected and improved by G. Gleig, Volume 3

Thomas Stackhouse - 1817 - 636 pages
...should either deceive or be deceived, or that the fact, which he relates, should really have happened. I weigh the one miracle against the other, and according...my decision, and always reject the greater miracle. If the falsehood of his testimony would be more miraculous than the event which he relates; then, and...
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An inquiry concerning human understanding. A dissertation on the passions ...

David Hume - 1817 - 528 pages
...fact which he relates should really have happened. I weigh the one miracte • See Now [Kl jigkinst the other ; and according to the superiority which...my decision, and always reject the greater miracle. If the falsehood of his testimony would be more miraculous than the event which he relates ; then,...
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A Dissertation on Miracles: Containing an Examination of the Principles ...

George Campbell - Church of Scotland - 1823 - 590 pages
...the fact is in the inverse ratio of the quantity of miracle there is in it. ' I 'weigh,' says he, ' the one miracle against the ' other, and according...I ' discover, I pronounce my decision, and always re' ject the greater miracle *.' Now, of this method, which will no doubt be thought by many to be...
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A Dissertation on Miracles: Containing an Examination of the Principles ...

George Campbell - Miracles - 1824 - 396 pages
...should ' either deceive or be deceived, or that the fact he relates, 'should really have happened. I weigh the one miracle ' against the other; and according...discover, I pronounce my decision, and always reject the great' er miracle. If the falsehood of his testimony would be more ' miraculous than the event which...
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An inquiry concerning human understanding. A dissertation on the passions ...

David Hume - Natural theology - 1825 - 526 pages
...should either deceive or be deceived, or that the fact which he relates should really have happened. I weigh the one miracle against the other ; and according...my decision, and always reject the greater miracle. If the falsehood of his testimony would lie more miraculous than the event which he relates ; then,...
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