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Quotation from A System of Logic, Book III: Of Induction by John Stuart Mill
“is no contradiction to the law of cause and effect; it is a new effect, supposed to be produced by the introduction of a new cause.”
A System of Logic, Book III: Of Induction, Book III, Ch. XXV, § 2 (8th ed. (New York: Harper, 1882); Project Gutenberg text)
Mill, following Thomas Brown, describes what a miracle claims to be, before weighing Hume's argument about testimony.
Citation: "is no contradiction to the law of cause and effect; it is a new effect, supposed to be produced by the introduction of a new cause." — John Stuart Mill, A System of Logic, Book III: Of Induction, Book III, Ch. XXV, § 2 (8th ed. (New York: Harper, 1882); Project Gutenberg text). (id mill-system-of-logic-book-iii-q8)
Portrait: John Stuart Mill by London Stereoscopic Company, c1870, London Stereoscopic Company, Public domain.
