The Faith of a Liberal: Selected Essays by Morris R. Cohen

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vi
• CONTENTS vii
• I - PROLOGUE 1
• 1 - What I Believe 3
• II - HEROIC FIGURES IN THE LIBERAL TRADITION 11
• 2 - Spinoza: Prophet of Liberalism 13
• 3 - Three Great Judges 20
• 4 - Einstein and His World 46
• III - THE SUBSTANCE OF LIBERALISM 57
• 5 - The Intellectual Basis of Individualism 59
• 6 - Liberalism and Irrationalism 67
• 7 - Calvinism Without the Glory of God 72
• 8 - An Ethical Philosophy of Life 78
• 9 - Philosophy in Wartime--An Apologia 84
• IV - POLITICO-ECONOMIC ISSUES 89
• 10 - The Legend of Magna Charta 91
• 11 - Socialism and Capitalism 93
• BIBLIOGRAPHY 109
• 12 - Why I Am Not a Communist 110
• 13 - Minimizing Social Conflicts 119
• 13 - Minimizing Social Conflicts 136
• 13 - Minimizing Social Conflicts 148
• 13 - Minimizing Social Conflicts 155
• 13 - Minimizing Social Conflicts 161
• 13 - Minimizing Social Conflicts 167
• V - LAW AND JUSTICE 173
• 19 - Constitutional and Natural Rights in 1789 and Since 175
• 20 - The Sacco-Vanzetti Case Reweighed 193
• 20 - The Sacco-Vanzetti Case Reweighed 198
• VI - LITERATURE AND LITERARY CRITICISM 211
• 22 - Forces in American Criticism 213
• 23 - Impressionism and Authority in Literary Criticism 227
• 24 - Dante as a Moral Teacher 234
• 25 - Heine 241
• VII - HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES 247
• 26 - Parrington's America 249
• 27 - America: Dream, Epic, and Reality 256
• 28 - Liberalism and the Russian Mind 261
• 28 - Liberalism and the Russian Mind 266
• VII - EDUCATION 271
• 30 - Education and the Changing Social Order 273
• 31 - The Need for a Modern University 278
• 31 - The Need for a Modern University 283
• 33 - In Defense of the Contemplative Life 288
• 34 - On Teaching Philosophy 292
• 35 - Huxley: The Prophet of a Great Hope 296
• IX - RELIGION 305
• The Intellectual Love of God 307
• 37 - A Note on Rabbi Joshua of Nazareth 320
• 38 - Erasmus and Luther 322
• 38 - Erasmus and Luther 326
• 40 - Baseball as a National Religion 334
• 41 - The Dark Side of Religion 337
• X - PHILOSOPHIC CURRENTS 363
• 42 - Vision and Technique in Philosophy 365
• 43 - The Founder of Pragmatism 391
• 44 - An Adventurous Philosopher 398
• 45 - The New Philosopher's Stone 403
• 46 - Philosophy in the Modern Curriculum 408
• XI - SCIENCE AND MYTHOLOGY 415
• 47 - A Classic That Survives 417
• 48 - Mythical Science 420
• 49 - Dogmatism in the Name of Science 425
• 50 - The Open Mind 430
• XII - EPILOGUE 435
• 51 - The Future of American Liberalism 437
• INDEX 471

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