 ... of such -credit and reputation in the eyes of mankind, as to have a great deal to lose in case of their being detected in any falsehood ; and at the same time attesting facts, performed in such a public manner, and in so celebrated a part of the world,...  Essays and treatises on several subjects - الصفحة 114بواسطة David Hume - 1817عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | George Campbell - 1824 - عدد الصفحات: 396
...case of being de* tected in any falsehood ; and at the same time attesting facts ' performed in such a public manner, and in so celebrated a part ' of...the world, as to render the detection unavoidable.' Wd need only turn over a few pages of the Essay, and we shall find the author taking great pains to... | |
 | John Douglas - 1824 - عدد الصفحات: 268
...deal.—- Or, lastly, will this gentleman say, that the Gospel miracles were not performed in so public a manner, and in so celebrated a part of the world as to render a detection unavoidable ? If he can assert this, or if you, after what 1 have collected on this point,... | |
 | David Hume - 1825 - عدد الصفحات: 526
...of their being detected in any falsehood ; and at the same time attesting facts, performed in such a public manner, and in so celebrated a part of the...extremely the assurance, which we might, from human testiniony, have in any kind of prodigy. The maxim, by which we commonly conduct ourselves in our reasonings,... | |
 | Jonathan Duncan - 1825 - عدد الصفحات: 274
...in case of being detected in a falsehood ; and at the same time attesting facts, performed in such a public manner, and in so celebrated a part of the...requisite to give us a full assurance in the testimony of man."^ Although the performance of miracles is not the only evidence to prove that the Founder of Christianity... | |
 | John Douglas - 1832 - عدد الصفحات: 270
...deal. Or, lastly, will this gentleman say that the gospel miracles were not performed in so public a manner, and in so celebrated a part of the world, as to render a detection unavoidable ? If he can assert this, or if you, after what I have collected on this point,... | |
 | John Douglas (bp. of Salisbury.) - 1832 - عدد الصفحات: 266
...deal. Or, lastly, will this gentleman say that the gospel miracles were not performed in so public a manner, and in so celebrated a part of the world, as to render a detection unavoidable ? If he can assert this, or if you, after what I have collected on this point,... | |
 | John Leland - 1837 - عدد الصفحات: 784
...thing he insisteth upon is, that the facts attested by the witnesses should be " performed in such a public manner, and in so celebrated a part of the world, as to render the detection unavoidable." This may be applied with the greatest propriety to the extraordinary and miraculous facts by which... | |
 | John Gorham Palfrey - 1843 - عدد الصفحات: 460
...subjected forthwith to a hostile examination of the most searching nature ? * Secondly, says Mr. Hume ; " We may observe in human nature a principle, which if strictly examined, will be found to lessen extremely the assurance which we might, from human testimony, have in any kind of prodigy ;... | |
 | 1843 - عدد الصفحات: 644
...falsehood ; and at the same time, attesting facts, performed in a public manner, and in so celebrated a pan of the world, as to render the detection unavoidable : all which circumstances are requisite to give a full assurance in the testimony of men." 11. Most people too readily give credit to miracles. III.... | |
 | John Watts - 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 210
...case of their being detected in any falsehood; and at the same time attesting facts, performed in such a public manner, and in so celebrated a part of the...circumstances are requisite to give us a full assurance of the testimony of men One of the best attested miracles in all profane history, is that which Tacitus... | |
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