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Quotation from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume
“If the falsehood of his testimony would be more miraculous, than the event which he relates; then, and not till then, can he pretend to command my belief or opinion”
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I (Project Gutenberg #9662)
Hume's test for reports of resurrection or other miracles: always reject the greater miracle.
Citation: "If the falsehood of his testimony would be more miraculous, than the event which he relates; then, and not till then, can he pretend to command my belief or opinion" — David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I (Project Gutenberg #9662). (id an-enquiry-concerning-human-understanding-q9)
Portrait: David Hume, Allan Ramsay, Public domain.
