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... tion should be imparted by God . I wish it , however , to be correctly understood , in what manner , and to what extent , this argument is alleged . We do not assume the attributes of the Deity , or the existence of a future state , in ...
... tion should be imparted by God . I wish it , however , to be correctly understood , in what manner , and to what extent , this argument is alleged . We do not assume the attributes of the Deity , or the existence of a future state , in ...
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... tion which can be affixed to the term " contrary to experience , " but one , viz . that of not having ourselves experienced any thing similar to the thing related , or such things not being generally experienced by others . I say " not ...
... tion which can be affixed to the term " contrary to experience , " but one , viz . that of not having ourselves experienced any thing similar to the thing related , or such things not being generally experienced by others . I say " not ...
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... tion is justly entertained , the want of a corre- sponding experience negatives the history . But to expect concerning a miracle , that it should succeed upon a repetition , is to expect that which would make it cease to be a miracle ...
... tion is justly entertained , the want of a corre- sponding experience negatives the history . But to expect concerning a miracle , that it should succeed upon a repetition , is to expect that which would make it cease to be a miracle ...
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... tion ? But as a continuation of the argument from ex- perience , it is said that , when we advance accounts of miracles , we assign effects without causes , or we attribute effects to causes inadequate to the purpose , or to causes , of ...
... tion ? But as a continuation of the argument from ex- perience , it is said that , when we advance accounts of miracles , we assign effects without causes , or we attribute effects to causes inadequate to the purpose , or to causes , of ...
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... tion , the end answered by the miracle , the im- portance of that end , and its subserviency to the plan pursued in the work of nature . As Mr. Hume has represented the question , miracles are alike incredible to him who is previously ...
... tion , the end answered by the miracle , the im- portance of that end , and its subserviency to the plan pursued in the work of nature . As Mr. Hume has represented the question , miracles are alike incredible to him who is previously ...
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