...that " no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a nature, that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavors to establish. Then, and not till then, can it pretend to command my belief or opinion." Although...

...covered."t "It is." says Mr. Hume. "и maxim worthy of our attention. that no testimony is suflicient to establish a miracle. unless the testimony be of such a kind. that its falsehood would he more miraculous than the fact winch it endeavours to establish. And even in that case. there is...

...consequence is (and it is a general maxim worthy of our attention), 'That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such...which remains, after deducting the inferior.' When anyone tells me, that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself, whether...

...Hume then provides a famous rebuttal of miracles. As Hume puts it: [N]o testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such...miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavours to establish [. . .] When anyone tells me, that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with...

...kind, that its falsehood would he more miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavours to estahlish; and even in that case there is a mutual destruction...arguments, and the superior only gives us an assurance suitahle to that degree of force, which remains, after deducting the inferior.' When anyone tells me,...

...is a general maxim worthy of our artention), That no testimony is sufficient to esrablish a mitacle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more mitaculous, than the fact, which it endeavours to esrablish; and even in that case there is a murual...

...to have many witnesses. For Hume, however, this makes no difference: No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle unless the testimony be of such...destruction of arguments, and the superior only gives us assurance to that degree offorce, which remains, after deducting the inferior. David Hume, 'An enquiry...

...millennium later, would base his essay on miracles, namely, the maxim that 'no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such...miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavours to establish' (Hume 1975: 116). Significantly, Hume uses an example that involves not only illusion and deception...

...'Of Miracles': 'it is a general maxim worthy of our attention ... that no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle unless the testimony be of such...miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish.' 4 In the history of science there have been many occasions in which seemingly miraculous phenomena...

...historical testimonies of such "prodigies," the "plain consequence" is "that no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such...miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavours to establish."91 In the second section of the essay, Hume examines the sorts of testimony upon which the...