...lead cannot, of itself, remain suspended in the air ; that fire consumes wood, and is extinguished by water ; unless it be, that these events are found...agreeable to the laws of nature, and there is required a vinlatinn of these laws, or in other words, a miracle to prevent them ? Nothing is esteemed a miracle,...

...instance, we view cancer. This explanatory commitment enters into the identification of a miracle. "Nothing is esteemed a miracle if it ever happen in the common course of nature" (Hume, 1975: 115). Mystical experience is more complex, but it can be illumined by the logic of miracle....

...fufpended in the Air ; that Fire confumes Wood, and is extinguifh 'd by Water ; unlefs it be that thefe Events are found" agreeable to the Laws of Nature, and there is requir'da Violation of thefe Laws, or in other Words, a Miracle, to prevent them ? Nothing is efleem'da...

...argument from experience can possibly be imagined. . . . Nothing is esteemed a miracle, if it ever happens in the common course of nature. It is no miracle that a man, seemingly in good health, should die of a sudden; because such a kind of death, though more unusual than any other, has yet been frequently...

...that lead cannot, of itself, remain suspended in the air; that fire consumes wood, and is extinguished by water; unless it be, that these events are found...common course of nature. It is no miracle that a man, 41. [A variation of this story appears in Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding IV. 15., as...

...argument from experience can possibly be imagined. . . . Nothing is esteemed a miracle, if it ever happens in the common course of nature. It is no miracle that a man, seemingly in good health, should die of a sudden; because such a kind of death, though more unusual than any other, has yet been frequently...

...by LA Selby-Bigge and PH Nidditch (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1975), 1 1 4. From the same paragraph: "It is no miracle that a man. seemingly in good health, should die on a sudden. . . . But it is a miracle, that a dead man should come to life. . . ." We'll encounter presently Hume's...

...lead cannot, of itself, remain suspended in the air; that fire consumes wood, and is extinguished bv water; unless it be, that these events are found agreeable...common course of nature. It is no miracle that a man, seeminglv in good health, should die on a sudden: because such a kind of death, though more unusual...

...that lead cannot, of itself, remain suspended in the air; that fire consumes wood, and is extinguished by water; unless it be, that these events are found...nature, and there is required a violation of these SB* laws, or in other words, a miracle to prevent them? Nothing is esteemed a miracle, if it ever happen...

...that lead cannot, of itself, remain suspended in the air; that fire consumes wood, and is extinguished by water; unless it be, that these events are found agreeable to the laws of nature?" (E 114115; 143). (4) "There must, therefore, be a uniform experience against every miraculous event,...