Religious doctrines would do well to withdraw their pretension to be dealing with matters of fact. That pretension is not only the source of the conflicts of religion with science and the vain and bitter controversies of sects; it is also the cause of the impurity and incoherence of religion in the soul.


Little Essays (1920)

George Santayana Quotes

Religious doctrines would do well to withdraw their pretension to be dealing with matters of fact. That pretension is not only the source of the...

Religious doctrines would do well to withdraw their pretension to be dealing with matters of fact. That pretension is not only the source of the...

Religious doctrines would do well to withdraw their pretension to be dealing with matters of fact. That pretension is not only the source of the...

Religious doctrines would do well to withdraw their pretension to be dealing with matters of fact. That pretension is not only the source of the...