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

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

Liberalism regards life as an adventure in which we must take risks in new situation, in which there is no guarantee that the new will always be the good or the true, in which progress is a precarious achievement rather than inevitability.

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

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

It has generally been assumed that of two opposing systems of philosophy, e.g., realism and idealism, one only can be true and one must be false; and so philosophers have been hopelessly divided on the question, which is the true one.

It is not impossible to think that the minds of philosophers sometimes act like those of other mortals, and that, having once been determined by diverse circumstances to adopt certain views, they then look for and naturally find reasons to justify these views.