...certainly false. But to us, probability is the very guide of life. " From these things it follows, that in questions of difficulty, or such as are thought...determines the question, even in matters of speculation.""* I have introduced these observations to show how much stress is to be laid upon moral demonstration....

...certainly false. But, to us, probability is the very guide of life. From these things it follows, that in questions of difficulty, or such as are thought...examination be, that there appears, upon the whole, any, even the lowest, presumption on one side, and none on the other, or a greater presumption on one side,...

...weightier or clearer than that for their immortality ? " In questions of difficulty," says Butler, " or such as are thought so, where more satisfactory...examination be that there appears, upon the whole, any of the lowest presumption 1 The Starry Hosts. on one side, and none on the other, or a greater presumption...

...which he expresses it, by Bishop Butler in the Introduction to his ' Analogy.' " If," says Butler, " the result of examination be that there appears upon...one side, though in the lowest degree greater, this in matters of practice will lay us under an absolute and formal obligation, in point of prudence and...

...mankind. APPENDIX. PAGE 1. IMPOSSIBILITY OF MATNTAiNrTO A SCEPTICAI ATTITUDE WITH REGARD TO RELIGION. " IN questions of difficulty, or such as are thought...evidence cannot be had, or is not seen ; if the result of the examination be, that there appears, upon the whole, any the lowest presumption on one side, and...

...striking, and I will quote his words : — " From these considerations it follows," he says, "that in questions of difficulty, or such as are thought...satisfactory evidence cannot be had, or is not seen ; if ihe result of examination he that there appears upon the whole, any the least presumption on one side,...

...Bishop Butler, in the Introduction to the Analogy, says, " Probability is the very guide of -life. . . . A greater presumption on one side, though in the lowest degree greater, determines the question, even in matters of speculation ; and, in matters of practice, will lay us...

...discussion, I beg to submit the following sentence, taken from the Introduction of Butler's Analogy : "In questions of difficulty, or such as are thought...of examination be that there appears upon the whole the lowest presumption on any one side and none on the other, or a greater presumption on one side,...

...it follows [writes Bishop Butler] that in questions of difficulty, or such as are thought so, when more satisfactory evidence cannot be had, or is not seen, if the result of the examination be that there appears upon the whole any the lowest presumption on one side and none...

...Fairbairn has § 5. Even on low probabilities, prudence binds to action. From these things it follows, that in questions of difficulty, or such as are thought...the question, even in matters of speculation ; and ip matters of practice, will lay us under an absolute and formal obligation, in point of prudence and...