Morris Raphael Cohen

Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essence of religion, namely, its absolute claims. ↗

— Morris Raphael Cohen

#accidents #claims #cruel #essence #grow

A creative element is surely present in all great systems, and it does not seem possible that all sympathy or fundamental attitudes of will can be entirely eliminated from any human philosophy. ↗

— Morris Raphael Cohen

#attitudes #creative #does #element #eliminated

Again, both literature and philosophy work by appealing to certain reigning idols. ↗

— Morris Raphael Cohen

#appealing #both #certain #idols #literature

Conservatism clings to what has been established, fearing that, once we begin to question the beliefs that we have inherited, all the values of life will be destroyed. ↗

— Morris Raphael Cohen

#begin #beliefs #clings #conservatism #destroyed

If a philosophic theory is once ruled out of court, no one can tell when it will appear again. ↗

— Morris Raphael Cohen

#appear #court #once #out #philosophic

If religion cannot restrain evil, it cannot claim effective power for good. ↗

— Morris Raphael Cohen

#claim #effective #evil #good #power

Lastly, literature and philosophy both allow past idols to be resurrected with a frequency which would be truly distressing to a sober scientist. ↗

— Morris Raphael Cohen

#both #distressing #frequency #idols #lastly

Law is a formless mass of isolated decisions. ↗

— Morris Raphael Cohen

#formless #isolated #law #mass

Let philosophy resolutely aim to be as scientific as possible, but let her not forget her strong kinship with literature. ↗

— Morris Raphael Cohen

#forget #her #kinship #literature #philosophy

Literature and philosophy both allow past idols to be resurrected with a frequency which would be truly distressing to a sober scientist. ↗

— Morris Raphael Cohen

#both #distressing #frequency #idols #literature