Statements (15)
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
philosophical essay section
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| gptkbp:author |
gptkb:David_Hume
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| gptkbp:countryOfOrigin |
gptkb:Scotland
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Section X: Of Miracles
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:philosophy
skepticism about miracles |
| gptkbp:language |
English
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| gptkbp:mainArgument |
testimony for miracles is insufficient to establish their occurrence
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| gptkbp:notableQuote |
A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature.
No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavors to establish. |
| gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:An_Enquiry_concerning_Human_Understanding
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| gptkbp:publishedIn |
1748
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| gptkbp:topic |
miracles
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Hume's_Enquiry
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
8
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