...but thofe which 1 >uult be drawn from the very teilimony itfelf of jhe reporters : And thefe, tho' always fufficient with the judicious and knowing, are commonly too fine to fall under the comprebenfkm of the vulgar. UPON the whole, then, it appears, that no teftimony for any kind of miracle...

...fine to fall under the comprehension of the vulgar. Upon the whole, then, it appears that no testimony for any kind of miracle has ever amounted to a probability, much less to a proof; and that, even supposing k amounted to a proof, it would be opposed by another proof;...

...is made, in the octavo edition published in 1767, " Upon the whole, it appears that no tear " timony for any kind of miracle has ever amounted " to a probability, much less to a proof." By this more moderate declaration, Mr Hume avoids the contradiction there was in...

...thus summed up hy him in the following paragraph : " Upon the whole then, it appears that no testimony for any kind of miracle has ever amounted to a probability, much less to a proof; and that even supposing it amounted to a proof, it would be opposed by another proof...

...must be drawn from the very testimony itself of the reporters: And these, though always sufficient with the judicious and knowing, are commonly too fine to fall under the comprehension of the vulgar. Upon the whole, then, it appears, that no testimony for any kind of miracle...

...to fall under the comprehension of the vulgar. Upon the whole, then, it appears, that no testimony for any kind of miracle has ever amounted to a probability, much less to a proof; and that, even supposing it amounted to a proof, it would be opposed by another proof,...

...with sophistry, and at last abandoned by himself. Mr Hume, after having asserted that no testimony for any kind of miracle has ever amounted to a probability, much less to a proof, and again, that " we may establish it as a maxim, that no human testimony can have...

...must be drawn from the very testimony itself of the reporters: and these, though always sufficient with the judicious and knowing, are commonly too fine to fall under the comprehension of the vulgar. — Ano n 429 . Wliat men desire should be true they are most inclined...

...arrives at the following conclusion, (p. 135, 136,) " Upon the whole, then, it appears, that no testimony for any kind of miracle has ever amounted to a probability, much less to a proof; and that, even supposing it amounted to a proof, it would be opposed by another proof,...

...edition of the Reply, stealthily modified. It then came forth in this form — " That no testimony for any kind of miracle has ever amounted to a probability, much less to a proof." The modification is far from inconsiderable. It affirms only what HAS NOT BEEN, instead...