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Law is a formless mass of isolated decisions.

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

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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.

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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.

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

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If religion cannot restrain evil, it cannot claim effective power for good.

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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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Let philosophy resolutely aim to be as scientific as possible, but let her not forget her strong kinship with literature.

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

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Biography

Nationality: Russian

Type: Philosopher

Born: July 25th, 1880

Died: January 28th, 1947

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