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... Narratives together . And yet all believe it ; because the improbability of its being an entire fabrication is incalculably greater . And practically , all reasonable men proceed on the maxim of an ancient Greek author , which is ...
... Narratives together . And yet all believe it ; because the improbability of its being an entire fabrication is incalculably greater . And practically , all reasonable men proceed on the maxim of an ancient Greek author , which is ...
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... narrative of a fact is then only contrary to experience , when the fact is related to have existed at a time and place , at which time and place we being present did not perceive it to exist ; as if it should be as- serted , that in a ...
... narrative of a fact is then only contrary to experience , when the fact is related to have existed at a time and place , at which time and place we being present did not perceive it to exist ; as if it should be as- serted , that in a ...
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... narratives , that something at variance with our ordinary present experience of the course of Nature as now subsisting among us - namely , a direct communication to Man from some superhuman Being - did formerly take place . The ...
... narratives , that something at variance with our ordinary present experience of the course of Nature as now subsisting among us - namely , a direct communication to Man from some superhuman Being - did formerly take place . The ...
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... narrative is rejected on the ground of its being more improbable - in Hume's language , more miracu- lous ' — than the falsity of the testimony to it , this is a fair pro- cedure . And whether this is or is not the case , is the very ...
... narrative is rejected on the ground of its being more improbable - in Hume's language , more miracu- lous ' — than the falsity of the testimony to it , this is a fair pro- cedure . And whether this is or is not the case , is the very ...
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... narrative and observations thus : But neither these exertions , nor his largesses to the people , nor his offerings to the gods , did away the infamous imputation under which Nero lay of having ordered the city to be set on fire . To ...
... narrative and observations thus : But neither these exertions , nor his largesses to the people , nor his offerings to the gods , did away the infamous imputation under which Nero lay of having ordered the city to be set on fire . To ...
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