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Morris Raphael Cohen Quotes

Law is a formless mass of isolated decisions Picture Quote #1

Literature and philosophy both allow past idols to be resurrected with a frequency which would be truly distressing to a sober scientist Picture Quote #1

Inertia is the first law of history, as it is of physics Picture Quote #1

The business of the philosopher is well done if he succeeds in raising genuine doubt Picture Quote #1

If religion cannot restrain evil, it cannot claim effective power for good Picture Quote #1

Again, both literature and philosophy work by appealing to certain reigning idols Picture Quote #1

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All logic texts are divided into two parts. In the first part, on deductible logic, the fallacies are explained; in the second part, on inductive logic, they are committed Picture Quote #1

Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essence of religion, namely, its absolute claims Picture Quote #1

This open eye for possible alternatives which need to be scrutinized before we can determine which is the best grounded is profoundly disconcerting to all conservatives and to almost all revolutionaries Picture Quote #1

Liberalism, on the other hand, regards life as an adventure in which we must take risks in new situations, in which there is no guarantee that the new will always be the good or the true, in which progress is a precarious achievement rather than inevitability Picture Quote #1

It has generally been assumed that of two opposing systems of philosophy, e. G., realism and idealism, one only can be true and one must be false; and so philosophers have been hopelessly divided on the question, which is the true one Picture Quote #1

To be sure, the vast majority of people who are untrained can accept the results of science only on authority Picture Quote #1

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Small groups or communities may be far more oppressive to the individual than larger ones. Men are in many ways freer in large cities than in small villages Picture Quote #1

Wisdom is not to be obtained from textbooks, but must be coined out of human experience in the flame of life Picture Quote #1

It has generally been assumed that of two opposing systems of philosophy, e.g., realism and idealism, one only can be true and one must be false; and so philosophers have been hopelessly divided on the question, which is the true one Picture Quote #1

By no amount of reasoning can we altogether eliminate all contingency from our world. Moreover, pure speculation alone will not enable us to get a determinate picture of the existing world. We must eliminate some of the conflicting possibilities, and this can be brought about only by experiment and observation Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The picture which the philosopher draws of the world is surely not one in which every stroke is necessitated by pure logic Picture Quote #1

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The method of exposition which philosophers have adopted leads many to suppose that they are simply inquiries, that they have no interest in the conclusions at which they arrive, and that their primary concern is to follow their premises to their logical conclusions Picture Quote #1

Let philosophy resolutely aim to be as scientific as possible, but let her not forget her strong kinship with literature Picture Quote #1

Lastly, literature and philosophy both allow past idols to be resurrected with a frequency which would be truly distressing to a sober scientist Picture Quote #1

It is not impossible to think that the minds of philosophers sometimes act like those of other mortals, and that, having once been determined by diverse circumstances to adopt certain views, they then look for and naturally find reasons to justify these views Picture Quote #1

If a philosophic theory is once ruled out of court, no one can tell when it will appear again Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Law is a formless mass of isolated decisions (Morris Raphael Cohen Quotes) 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 Quotes) Inertia is the first law of history, as it is of physics (Morris Raphael Cohen Quotes) The business of the philosopher is well done if he succeeds in raising genuine doubt (Morris Raphael Cohen Quotes) If religion cannot restrain evil, it cannot claim effective power for good (Morris Raphael Cohen Quotes) Again, both literature and philosophy work by appealing to certain reigning idols (Morris Raphael Cohen Quotes) All logic texts are divided into two parts. In the first part, on deductible logic, the fallacies are explained; in the second part, on inductive logic, they are committed (Morris Raphael Cohen Quotes) Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essence of religion, namely, its absolute claims (Morris Raphael Cohen Quotes) This open eye for possible alternatives which need to be scrutinized before we can determine which is the best grounded is profoundly disconcerting to all conservatives and to almost all revolutionaries (Morris Raphael Cohen Quotes) Liberalism, on the other hand, regards life as an adventure in which we must take risks in new situations, in which there is no guarantee that the new will always be the good or the true, in which progress is a precarious achievement rather than inevitability (Morris Raphael Cohen Quotes) It has generally been assumed that of two opposing systems of philosophy, e. G., realism and idealism, one only can be true and one must be false; and so philosophers have been hopelessly divided on the question, which is the true one (Morris Raphael Cohen Quotes) To be sure, the vast majority of people who are untrained can accept the results of science only on authority (Morris Raphael Cohen Quotes) Small groups or communities may be far more oppressive to the individual than larger ones. Men are in many ways freer in large cities than in small villages (Morris Raphael Cohen Quotes) Wisdom is not to be obtained from textbooks, but must be coined out of human experience in the flame of life (Morris Raphael Cohen Quotes) It has generally been assumed that of two opposing systems of philosophy, e.g., realism and idealism, one only can be true and one must be false; and so philosophers have been hopelessly divided on the question, which is the true one (Morris Raphael Cohen Quotes) By no amount of reasoning can we altogether eliminate all contingency from our world. Moreover, pure speculation alone will not enable us to get a determinate picture of the existing world. We must eliminate some of the conflicting possibilities, and this can be brought about only by experiment and observation (Morris Raphael Cohen Quotes) 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 Quotes) The picture which the philosopher draws of the world is surely not one in which every stroke is necessitated by pure logic (Morris Raphael Cohen Quotes) The method of exposition which philosophers have adopted leads many to suppose that they are simply inquiries, that they have no interest in the conclusions at which they arrive, and that their primary concern is to follow their premises to their logical conclusions (Morris Raphael Cohen Quotes) Let philosophy resolutely aim to be as scientific as possible, but let her not forget her strong kinship with literature (Morris Raphael Cohen Quotes) 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 Quotes) It is not impossible to think that the minds of philosophers sometimes act like those of other mortals, and that, having once been determined by diverse circumstances to adopt certain views, they then look for and naturally find reasons to justify these views (Morris Raphael Cohen Quotes) If a philosophic theory is once ruled out of court, no one can tell when it will appear again (Morris Raphael Cohen Quotes) 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 Quotes)