All doctrines, however, are not to be admitted on the same footing. Each must be tried by its own proper evidence; and as this evidence is more or less convincing, we must assent to it more or less strongly.
Empiricism, skepticism
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Of Miracles, Part II
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