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Morris Raphael Cohen
Morris Raphael Cohen

Morris Raphael Cohen was a prominent American philosopher known for his contributions to logic, ethics, and political philosophy. His thoughts were deeply influenced by the German philosophical tradition, particularly the systems of Kant and Hegel. Cohen's works covered a wide range of topics, including freedom, justice, democracy, and epistemology. more

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“From what deep springs of character our personal philosophies issue, we cannot be sure. In philosophers themselves we seem always able to notice some deep internal correspondence between the man and his philosophy. Are our philosophies, then, merely the inevitable outcome of the body of fate and personal circumstance that is thrust upon each of us? Or are these beliefs the means by which we freely create ourselves as the persons we become? Here, at the very outset, the question of freedom already hovers in the background.”

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