The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 3R. Carter, 1841 |
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Page 58
... addition of strength to our primary Faith in the constancy of Nature . The second is that the oftener we witness the same result in the same apparent circumstances , the more confidently do we look for that result in these circumstances ...
... addition of strength to our primary Faith in the constancy of Nature . The second is that the oftener we witness the same result in the same apparent circumstances , the more confidently do we look for that result in these circumstances ...
Page 123
... addition to this , he further , in the conscious possession of recollection and of all his faculties , recognised every well - known rock within the field of vision , that the sea , on retiring , leaves behind it , and the whole ...
... addition to this , he further , in the conscious possession of recollection and of all his faculties , recognised every well - known rock within the field of vision , that the sea , on retiring , leaves behind it , and the whole ...
Page 130
... addition of just such another testimony would make out the probability of thirty - six , and of a third two hundred and six- teen - or the probability on the whole , arising from testimony or the truth of any occurrence , may be ...
... addition of just such another testimony would make out the probability of thirty - six , and of a third two hundred and six- teen - or the probability on the whole , arising from testimony or the truth of any occurrence , may be ...
Page 131
... addition of a third or a fourth or a certain number of wit- nesses , even this or indeed any definite impro- bability might be overcome - an evidence , which grows and gathers in rapid multiple progression by the addition of every new ...
... addition of a third or a fourth or a certain number of wit- nesses , even this or indeed any definite impro- bability might be overcome - an evidence , which grows and gathers in rapid multiple progression by the addition of every new ...
Page 133
... addition of another , though of a very inferior sort , we might gain a preponderancy . One testimony of a superlative order , and whose false- hood would be miraculous , is of force enough , at least to countervail the improbability of ...
... addition of another , though of a very inferior sort , we might gain a preponderancy . One testimony of a superlative order , and whose false- hood would be miraculous , is of force enough , at least to countervail the improbability of ...
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