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8 connected korrents · 3 moments from 8 Jun 1637 to 24 May 1689.

Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: No testimony suffices to establish a miracle unless its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact it seeks to establish No testimony suffices to establish amiracle unless its falsehood would be moremiraculous than the fact it seeks toestablish DH David Hume — holds since c. 1748 — tap for who they are Same subject: Because uniform experience establishes the laws of nature, the proof against any miracle is as complete as an argument from experience can be — tap to centre the map on it Because uniform experienceestablishes the laws of nature, theproof against any miracle is ascomplete as an argument fromexperience can be DH David Hume — holds since c. 1748 — tap for who they are Same subject: Knowledge that is not immune to doubt deserves no confidence and cannot count as certainty — tap to centre the map on it Knowledge that is not immune todoubt deserves no confidence andcannot count as certainty AL Al-Ghazali — holds since c. 1106–1111 — tap for who they are Same subject: Disbelieving a church ruling on a matter of fact is not heresy, though it may be presumptuous, because on facts that authority is not infallible — tap to centre the map on it Disbelieving a church ruling on amatter of fact is not heresy, thoughit may be presumptuous, because onfacts that authority is notinfallible Last stated 370 years ago 23 Jan 1657 BP Blaise Pascal — holds since 1657-01-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nothing should be accepted as true unless it is known so clearly and distinctly that no ground for doubt remains — tap to centre the map on it Nothing should be accepted as trueunless it is known so clearly anddistinctly that no ground for doubtremains Last stated 389 years ago 8 Jun 1637 RD René Descartes — holds since 1637-06-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: The argument from universal consent seems rather to show there are no innate principles, since none has universal assent — tap to centre the map on it The argument from universal consentseems rather to show there are noinnate principles, since none hasuniversal assent Last stated 337 years ago 24 May 1689 JL John Locke — holds since 1689-05-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Discussing virtue daily is the greatest good, and the unexamined life is not worth living — tap to centre the map on it Discussing virtue daily is thegreatest good, and the unexaminedlife is not worth living SO Socrates — holds since c. 399 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A book with neither abstract reasoning about quantity or number nor experimental reasoning about fact should be burned as sophistry and illusion — tap to centre the map on it A book with neither abstractreasoning about quantity or numbernor experimental reasoning aboutfact should be burned as sophistryand illusion DH David Hume — holds since c. 1748 — tap for who they are Same subject: The eternity of the universe is unproven, and a merely plausible argument does not justify reading scripture figuratively — tap to centre the map on it The eternity of the universe isunproven, and a merely plausibleargument does not justify readingscripture figuratively MM Moses Maimonides — holds since c. 1190 — tap for who they are
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At the centre No testimony suffices to establish a miracle unless its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact it seeks to establish Last stated c. 1748 Holds David Hume Read this korrent →