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Contraposition Posted 12 years ago
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be of such a kind
No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falshood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish.
What does 'be of such a kind' mean?
I find this sentence very hard to understand because of its complex structure.
What does 'be of such a kind' mean?
I find this sentence very hard to understand because of its complex structure.
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Yes, this sentence has a slightly unusual structure. ". Even that rearrangement uses such in a slightly unusual way.
- Yes, this sentence has a slightly unusual structure.
- ".
- Even that rearrangement uses such in a slightly unusual way.
- ".
- I would not put a comma after kind in the original sentence.
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Yes, this sentence has a slightly unusual structure.
If the testimony is "of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish", that means that "the kind (of testimony) is such that its falsehood would be ...".
Even that rearrangement uses such in a slightly unusual way. Avoiding such
If the testimony is "of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish", that means that "the kind (of testimony) is such that its falsehood would be ...".
Even that rearrangement uses such in a slightly unusual way. Avoiding such
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