Liberalism, on the other hand, regards life as an adventure in which we must take risks in new situations, in which there… — Morris Raphael Cohen Copy Share Image
Liberalism is an attitude rather than a set of dogmas - an attitude that insists upon questioning all plausible and self-evident propositions,… — Morris Raphael Cohen Copy Share Image
Liberalism regards life as an adventure in which we must take risks in new situation, in which there is no guarantee that… — Morris Raphael Cohen Copy Share Image
Liberalism, on the other hand, regards life as an adventure in which we must take risks in new situations, in which there is no… — Morris Raphael Cohen Copy Share Image
By no amount of reasoning can we altogether eliminate all contingency from our world. Moreover, pure speculation alone will not enable us to get… — Morris Raphael Cohen Copy Share Image
The method of exposition which philosophers have adopted leads many to suppose that they are simply inquiries, that they have no interest in the… — Morris Raphael Cohen Copy Share Image
Liberalism is an attitude rather than a set of dogmas - an attitude that insists upon questioning all plausible and self-evident propositions, seeking not… — Morris Raphael Cohen Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It is not impossible to think that the minds of philosophers sometimes act like those of other mortals, and that, having once been determined… — Morris Raphael Cohen Copy Share Image
The business of the philosopher is well done if he succeeds in raising genuine doubt. — Morris Raphael Cohen Copy Share Image
Conservatism clings to what has been established, fearing that, once we begin to question the beliefs that we have inherited, all the values of… — Morris Raphael Cohen Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If a philosophic theory is once ruled out of court, no one can tell when it will appear again. — Morris Raphael Cohen Copy Share Image
In thus pointing out certain respects in which philosophy resembles literature more than science, I do not mean, of course, to imply that it… — Morris Raphael Cohen Copy Share Image
