“Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essence of religion, namely, its absolute claims.”
— Morris Raphael Cohen
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A creative element is surely present in
“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
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Liberalism is an attitude rather than a
“Liberalism is an attitude rather than a set of dogmas – an attitude that insists upon questioning all plausible and self-evident propositions, seeking not to reject them but to find out what evidence there is to support them rather than their possible alternatives.”
— Morris Raphael Cohen
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If religion cannot restrain evil, it cannot
“If religion cannot restrain evil, it cannot claim effective power for good.”
— Morris Raphael Cohen
Author: Morris Raphael Cohen
Category: religion
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