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 - Page 416by George Campbell - 1807 - 503 pagesFull view - About this book
| Logan Mitchell - 1881 - 258 pages
...modern philosopher has given the quietus to miracles in the following death-blow : — " 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... | |
| Colin Brown, Steve Wilkens, Alan G. Padgett - Christianity - 1990 - 456 pages
...argument contained a definition of miracles which was in effect a denial of their possibility. 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... | |
| C. Stephen Evans - Philosophy - 1992 - 228 pages
...94-95n (257-58n). 39. The following well-known passage lies at the heart of Hume's argument: "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... | |
| Diogenes Allen, Eric O. Springsted - Philosophy - 1992 - 324 pages
...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 and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature... | |
| Robert J. Fogelin - Philosophy - 1992 - 270 pages
...which occur in the same paragraph, are particularly relevant to this discussion: Passage I. 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... | |
| James W. Cornman, Keith Lehrer, George Sotiros Pappas - Philosophy - 1992 - 396 pages
...David Hume. Hume's Objection: Belief in Violation-Miracles Is Always Unjustified Hume says, 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... | |
| David Hume, Eric Steinberg - Philosophy - 1993 - 170 pages
...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 and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature... | |
| William Lane Craig - Religion - 1994 - 354 pages
...for the regularity of the laws of nature, which also amounts to a full proof. He writes, "A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature, and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, a proof against miracle, from the very nature of... | |
| Ronald H. Nash - Religion - 1994 - 300 pages
...impossible. Such people base this opinion on a superficial reading of the following words: "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... | |
| Art Berman - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 372 pages
...Concerning Human Understanding, sec. 10, Hume writes concerning the possibility of miracles: "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 ... is as entire as... | |
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