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'works', 'The Laws' and 'Enquiry Conc Human Understanding'
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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / b. Ontological Proof critique
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It can never be a logical contradiction to assert the non-existence of something thought to exist [Hume]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / a. Cosmological Proof
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The only possible beginning for the endless motions of reality is something self-generated [Plato]
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Self-generating motion is clearly superior to all other kinds of motion [Plato]
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Self-moving soul has to be the oldest thing there is [Plato]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof
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Soul must be the cause of all the opposites, such as good and evil or beauty and ugliness [Plato]
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If all the motions of nature reflect calculations of reason, then the best kind of soul must direct it [Plato]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / c. Teleological Proof critique
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You can't infer the cause to be any greater than its effect [Hume]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / e. Miracles
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All experience must be against a supposed miracle, or it wouldn't be called 'a miracle' [Hume]
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To establish a miracle the falseness of the evidence must be a greater miracle than the claimed miraculous event [Hume]
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A miracle violates laws which have been established by continuous unchanging experience, so should be ignored [Hume]
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