Accepting Quote by Morris Raphael Cohen

“To be sure, the vast majority of people who are untrained can accept the results of science only on authority.” quote by Morris Raphael Cohen — Download Open image

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

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The business of the philosopher is well done if he succeeds in raising genuine doubt.

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The picture which the philosopher draws of the world is surely not one in which every stroke is necessitated by pure logic.

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

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Inertia is the first law of history, as it is of physics.

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This duo inside of me causes the perfect opportunity to live and learn twice as fast as those who choose to accept simplicity.

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Don't be bitter. Everybody suffers. If you can accept your suffering then you will understand other people better. Be grateful for pain. Love life.

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It takes an unusually philosophic mind to accept that all one’s suffering might be to no end, really, in the larger scheme of things.

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No nation being under another nation can accept gifts, and kick at the responsibility attached to those gifts, imposed by the conquering nation.

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