Author: Morris Raphael Cohen

Quotes

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

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

- Morris Raphael Cohen

To be sure, the vast majority of people who are untrained can accept the results of science only on authority.

To be sure, the vast majority of people who are untrained can accept the results of science only on authority.

- Morris Raphael Cohen

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

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

- Morris Raphael Cohen

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.

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

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